Posted on 02/13/2007 6:56:27 PM PST by FLOutdoorsman
Newly released transcripts from the trial of two Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug courier shed fresh details on the immunity deal negotiated by U.S. prosecutors to secure the trafficker's testimony.
Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila testified under oath that he had declined to cooperate with U.S. authorities until he was given assurances that he would not be prosecuted for driving a van loaded with 743 pounds of marijuana.
He also acknowledged during the trial last year that he was suing the government for $5 million to compensate for injuries sustained during the shooting incident near the U.S.-Mexican border in far west Texas. The disposition of the case is unclear; Aldrete-Davila's attorney, Walter L. Boyaki of El Paso, has not responded to recent phone calls.
"And you're not going to serve one day in prison for the offenses that you committed on that day?" Aldrete-Davila was asked by a defense attorney for one of the two agents. "Is that correct?"
"No. No, that was the agreement that we made," he responded.
The long-delayed transcripts were posted Tuesday on the Web site of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton of San Antonio, whose office prosecuted the case. Lawmakers have demanded the transcripts to seek answers about the immunity arrangement and other aspects of the controversial prosecution.
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Today Lou Dobbs had Judge Napolitano on. He has a source in the White House.
I don't remember where he said he got the info but the original story of how this case started is wrong. Originally they said that the drug smuggler had a friendship with a Border Patrol agent and so the case started with contacts through the family.
Judge Napolitano said the case started when the Mexican Consulate contacted someone in the U.S. (I think he said DHS) regarding the shooting of the drug runner.
If that is true......just dam!
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/resource_other/20070208/f97ed749-ae81-5c55-2b37828c1c4c3db6/110940/dbs020807.MP3
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/resource_other/20070209/f97ed749-ae81-5c55-2b37828c1c4c3db6/111229/dbs020907.MP3
Jerome Corsi was guest host for the Derry Brownfield show, and he really went into depth about the situation. Worth a listen to.
History is not going to be kind to Bush. One hundred years from now, the debate may be about who was the worst President, Carter or Bush?
These guys should not be in jail. They need to be released immediately.
As far as I'm concerned if you get caught bringing drugs or nasty weapons in to the US you should be shot. Post signs in English, Spanish and Arabic warning people.
...LOL....well many here think Bush is gonna be looked at like a great Pres....and no one could be worse then Carter, but I tend to agree.....great on tax cuts...lousy on controlling the borders, listened to the wrong folks on the war...increased spending more then Clinton and seems to love Mexico....I don't get it....
Reality can be so strange it needs a reality-check. Does this mean the Mexican government demanded the heads of federal agents to the HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY, and they passed that onto prosecutors who then gave a litigious drug smuggling perp a get-outta-jail deal while he was concurrently initiating a $5m lawsuit ultimately against you-know-you-who-because-it always is, and so the HSA threw a couple agents to Mexico like some kind of bone?
I don't think so. I think history will show him as a good president.
One thing for sure, GWB will never be rated the worst President. That honor belongs to Jimmy Carter.
I know what history will show about Pelosi and her nest of vermin.
What's life without the occasional surprise.
Not good enough. He could have been a great president, but something happened. Or maybe the entire Washington nitwits have lost their minds?
yup....he's got a lock on that one....
I'm not so sure. Besides his border policy, I think he has done better than most, handling everything that has been thrown at him.
Mexican Drug Dealer to Sue U.S.
The drug smuggler shot by two U.S. Border Patrol agents is planning to sue the federal government for $5 million. Walter Boyaki, the El Paso, Texas-based attorney for Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, said he will sue the government for wrecking his client’s business.
“Osvaldo was making $100,000 a month from his export/import business,” Boyaki said. “Now he is laid up with an embarrassing and incapacitating injury. We are seeking both compensatory damages for lost profits and punitive damages for the indignities Osvaldo has suffered.”
Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean recently began serving prison sentences after being convicted of shooting Aldrete-Davila. The pair encountered the drug smuggler in February of 2005 driving a van containing 743 pounds of marijuana. When the Mexican tried to flee, the agents shot him in the buttocks.
“They violated my client’s rights,” Boyaki said. “And the damages are mounting up. He’s got customers whose deliveries have been interrupted. This is trashing his business reputation and endangering future sales. His employees are too frightened to carry on in the climate of violence created by out-of-control border guards. They are demanding raises. His family has had to cancel their European vacation. He has no money to buy gifts for his mistress. It’s a real tragedy.”
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http://www.azconservative.org/Column_Archives.htm
I love the fact that they didn't match the bullet to the guns of Ramos and Compean.
I believe the round could have been a match for at least 4 types of handguns.
If they have an award for the most dissapointing president compared to what was expected Bush would win in my book.
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