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butterbean
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 Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: Senate Takes Up Border Agent Case |
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(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Senate is set to launch an investigation into why an imprisoned former Border Patrol agent who should have had special protection was assaulted by four other inmates.
The investigation will also look at the entire controversial case of two border agents who were convicted and jailed after shooting a suspected drug smuggler from Mexico in El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors offered the suspected drug smuggler an immunity deal to return to the U.S. and testify against the two agents.
An episode that had already sparked outrage took a new turn over the weekend when one of the two, Ignacio Ramos, 38, was assaulted by four other inmates at the federal prison in Yazoo City, Miss.
Some of the assailants were speaking Spanish and kicked him with steel-toed boots. The beating occurred after a segment about the case appeared on "America's Most Wanted."
"I urge the committee to look into why these agents are not being protected while in the federal prison system," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking for a probe.
"It is not hard to predict that two federal agents would be targeted in a prison population and that special precautions should be employed to ensure their safety," she said.
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marcy
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| How long do you think this is going to take? |
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butterbean
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They know they screwed it all up. Right now they are trying to figure out what to do about it. I am sure they are plotting and planning to make everything go in their favor. If not, they will probably blame Sutton for the coverup.
I just dont know why Bush is dragging his heels in giving a pardon. Actually its not even a pardon, since the charges against the border agents were false.
I hope the border agents sue. Maybe they should be awarded the 5 million, instead of the drug smuggler who is suing for 5 million.  |
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