DA Explains Indictments of Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales... Sort Of

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According to a report from South Texas TV station News Channel 5, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra revealed last week why his investigation into the 2001 death of a prisoner, Gregorio De La Rosa, Jr., led him to the vice president. The case became a national news story on November 15, when a grand jury indicted Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Guerra's evidence includes the fact that Cheney invested $85 million in a parent company of GEO Group, an international corporation that operates prisons around the country. On October 23rd GEO Group was also indicted in the death of De La Rosa, in 2001. That indictment alleged that the company allowed other inmates to beat him to death with padlocks stuffed into socks. De la Rosa's family would later win a $47.5 million civil judgment against the company in 2006.

Guerra claims that in 2006, Cheney ended the investigation into De La Rosa's murder. What is unclear from the News Channel 5 report is what, if any, direct evidence Guerra has that Cheney ordered anyone to specifically hinder the investigation.

Filed Under: Breaking News, Dick Cheney, Scandal

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