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butterbean
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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:08 am Post subject: Ex-Border Agents Sentenced for Shooting Smuggler |
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Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents were each sentenced Thursday to more than a decade in federal prison for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler and then trying to cover it up.
Ignacio Ramos was sentenced to 11 years and one day, and Jose Alonso Compean was sentenced to 12 years. Both were fired after their convictions on several charges including assault with a deadly weapon, obstruction of justice, and a civil rights violation.
The men, neither of whom spoke in court, will be allowed to turn themselves in Jan. 17.
The agents have proclaimed their innocence in the Feb. 17, 2005, shooting of admitted drug smuggler Osvlado Aldrete Davila.
Aldrete was shot in the buttocks as he fled across the Rio Grande into Mexico after a confrontation with Ramos and Compean. The agents said they shot in self defense, but prosecutors charged that they had no reason to shoot at the fleeing man, who later claimed he was unarmed.
Since their convictions, support for the agents has swelled. Several prominent law makers, including U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House judiciary committee, have even called for a Congressional investigation into the agents' prosecutions
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8KRVQP01.html
This is horrible. Sensenbrenner needs to have an emergency hearing now! I feel like our government is being taken over by cartels already. It sure mocks Mexico's corrupt government.  |
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Patriot
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: Border Agents Deserve a Presidential Pardon |
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I want to see President Bush give these guys a pardon immediately.
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butterbean
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:06 am Post subject: Re: Border Agents Deserve a Presidential Pardon |
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| Patriot wrote: | I want to see President Bush give these guys a pardon immediately.
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I agree. It makes me wonder why a Mexican drug runner would be used as the prime witness that put these 2 border agents in prison, and then sue our government for 5 million dollars. Maybe the Bush family has 'ties' with the Drug Cartels. Afterall, his neice, who is half Mexican, is a big user of cocaine. |
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