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In the matter of the unjust imprisonment of U.S. Border Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos Whereas, U.S. Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, while doing their duty to defend our borders, engaged a Mexican drug dealer who they thought was armed as he tried to flee back into Mexico; and Whereas, in self-defense they fired gunshots at the drug dealer; and Whereas, they and all other agents and officials present that day thought the shots, while justified, missed their mark; and Whereas, responding to what appears to be political pressure from the Mexican Government, your Justice Department enticed...

U.S. Border Patrol Agents are Still in Prison! Call the White House and Tell President Bush to Pardon Ramos and Compean! On February 17, 2005, U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were guarding the Mexican border near El Paso, TX when they intercepted a van carrying 743 pounds of marijuana. They attempted to prevent a Mexican drug-smuggler from crossing the border and illegally entering the United States. After the U.S. government intervened and granted immunity and a temporary visa to the illegal drug-smuggler in exchange for testimony against Ramos and Compean, the two border guards were convicted...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) responded to the sentencing of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, the drug smuggler whose testimony led to the convictions of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, by calling it a “perfect opportunity” for the President to pardon the agents or commute their sentences. Davila was sentenced today to two consecutive, 57 month terms in prison. “The sentencing of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila offers the President yet another opportunity to do what is right and either pardon or commute the sentences of Agents Ramos and Compean,” said Congressman Hunter. “These agents have spent almost...

What happened to justice in America? It certainly wasn’t served on July 28 when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the unjust convictions of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. As it stands today, these two brave border protectors must now serve out their full 10-plus-year sentences for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug smuggler they encountered while he was carrying a million-dollar payload of narcotics along the Southern border in Texas. What started off as simple procedural mistakes by the agents has turned into an unimaginable travesty of justice unlike anything I’ve ever seen in...

Guest Commentary by Laurie Roth This week I thought I would lose my mind when I heard of the horrifying decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals against Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. So many of us who had followed this case for the last few years were hoping that once all the evidence had finally been heard, unlike with the first trial, that justice would be done. Wrong!! Justice was not done!!! You may recall in the first trial that the illegal alien, drug thug Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, who brought 743 pounds of marijuana over our border was...

In a complex decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the major counts against former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean but reversed the obstruction of justice counts and sent the case back to a lower court for resentencing.

The government watchdog group known as Judicial Watch recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department, for that agency’s failure to turn over certain documents related to the prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean… The suit comes after the government refused to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request for documents which detailed the agreement made between the governments of Mexico and the United States, which allowed drug smuggler Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila to return to this country to actually testify against Ramos and Compean. The FOIA request was filed by Judicial Watch on April 17, 2008. The...

Border control will be the theme Saturday during the "Honor America" rally at the Santa Clarita Valley Civic Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Honor America/Secure Our Border event is being hosted by the Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley Independent Minutemen. Among the speakers scheduled to attend are Monica Ramos and Joe Loya, wife and father-in-law, respectively, of Ignacio Ramos, who is in prison after shooting an allegedly unarmed illegal immigrant and drug smuggler on the U.S. and Mexico border. The Civic Center is located at the corner of Valencia Boulevard and Magic Mountain Parkway.

If President Bush would simply pardon the unjustly imprisoned former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, we could all rest much easier knowing that in the United States, a foreign drug smuggler's word does not prevail over the word of federal agents in the line of duty. This week, the Kentucky-based group, Christians Reviving America's Values, filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Bar Association to investigate U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whom the group argues willfully misled a jury to convict the agents. Here is a refresher on the case for those who need it: Messrs. Ramos and...

Don Swarthout, President of Christians Reviving America's Values (CRAVE) has filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Bar Association against Prosecutor Johnny Sutton. In this complaint Swarthout charges Sutton's office willfully misled the jury in order to convict Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean for simply doing their jobs. Swarthout has asked the Texas Bar Association to investigate Johnny Sutton for actions strikingly similar to Prosecutor Mike Nifong's mishandling of the Duke lacrosse rape case. The evidence suggests Johnny Sutton is just as guilty as Mike Nifong of unethical prosecutorial behavior. Swarthout said, "This whole case stinks to...

The NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL PRESENTS: A BENEFIT SCREENING FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS IGNACIO RAMOS AND JOSE COMPEAN HOSTED BY JOHN AND KEN Come see the movie BORDER by filmmaker Chris Burgard. TUESDAY MAY 6, 2008 Arrive at 7:30 P.M. Film Shown from 8:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd (at Mulholland) Los Angeles, CA 90049 RSVP (310) 440-8575 Click here for tickets A $25.00 per ticket donation is requested. All proceeds will go to the Border Patrol Agent Legal Defense and Relief Fund and be earmarked for Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and...

JUST BRING AMERICAN FLAGS AND RAMOS AND COMPEAN SIGNS * * Please no signs about illegal immigration or signs other than Ramos and Compean - JUST BRING A FLAG if you don't have a sign - Congressman Rohrabacher wants the press conference to focus on JUSTICE for Ramos and Compean MEDIA ADVISORY Rep. Rohrabacher To Announce National Day Of Prayer For Jailed Border Agents May 11th Marks Beginning of National Police Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2008 When: MONDAY, MAY 5th , 2008 1:30pm PST Where: LAPD Police Officers Memorial, Ahmanson Recruit Training Facility 5651 W. Manchester Avenue Los...

A Mexican national who was shot by two Border Patrol agents but later was charged with smuggling marijuana is expected to plead guilty to those charges today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, The Washington Times has learned. Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, whose testimony against Border Patrol Agents Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean led to their conviction in March 2006, was apprehended by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last year at the international port of entry in El Paso, after witnesses identified him in a second drug-smuggling operation. Ramos and Compean are serving 11 and 12 years, respectively....

Duncan Hunter continued to advocate for the wrongfully (IMHO) convicted border patrol agents this week… Two California congressmen are renewing their efforts to ensure the safety of two jailed border patrol agents by encouraging the Bureau of Prisons to move Ignacio Ramos, 37, and Jose Alonso Compean, 28, to a minimum security facility. On Wednesday, Harley Lappin, Bureau of Prisons director for the federal government, visited the Phoenix facility currently housing Mr. Ramos. “If agents Ramos and Compean must continue serving their sentences, then they should be moved to a minimum security facility where they will not be threatened and...

Two California congressmen are renewing their efforts to ensure the safety of two jailed border patrol agents by encouraging the Bureau of Prisons to move Ignacio Ramos, 37, and Jose Alonso Compean, 28, to a minimum security facility. On Wednesday, Harley Lappin, Bureau of Prisons director for the federal government, visited the Phoenix facility currently housing the two agents. "If agents Ramos and Compean must continue serving their sentences, then they should be moved to a minimum security facility where they will not be threatened and under such restrictive conditions," stated Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.). Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) is...

President Bush is coming under fire for yesterday's presidential pardons that includes forgiveness for drug smugglers, an embezzler and others, but not for jailed Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Ramos and Compean entered prison in January of 2007 after a controversial ruling on their actions in apprehending a fleeing drug smuggler. "I believe the president's stolid refusal to pardon Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean is the most unconscionable act of disloyalty he has perpetrated upon those sworn to protect our well-being. I know this feeling is shared by many other patriotic Americans," said...

Yes it is way over 60 days...talked to Joe Loya today and still they have heard nothing - that...Loya said they are just waiting hearing was 12/07/07 the ruling was supposed to come within 60 working days.

If you can not join us, please pray for Ramos and Compean this Sunday Morning* 'The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Join Ramos and Compean supporters this Sunday, January 6th at a rally in front of the Lake Forest, Saddleback Church http://www.saddleback.com/flash/default.htm Featured speaker at Saddleback Church this Sunday will be Chuck Colson, former White House Counsel - a key player during the Watergate scandal. Today, he is a religious talk show host and guest lecturer. The Lake Forest Saddleback Church is one of the largest in Southern California - thousands of church goers will see...

Border Justice DECEMBER 04, 2007 GLENN BECK PROGRAM BEGIN TRANSCRIPT GLENN: We also have Congressman Ted Poe. He was a prosecutor and a federal judge. So we're going to get his view of what happened in court yesterday and what it all means. But let me take the case from the beginning and spend just three minutes with Tara Setmayer here and then we'll bring Ted Poe into the conversation. Tara, give me the update on -- take this from the beginning on who this guy is in about three minutes up to the court case. Then we'll bring Ted...

NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors may have overreacted in their case against two Border Patrol agents who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms after they were convicting of shooting a fleeing drug suspect and hiding evidence of the incident, an appeals court judge said Monday. "It does seem to me that the government overreacted here," said Judge E. Grady Jolly, one of three judges of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. A federal jury in Texas convicted the agents of assault, obstruction of justice and civil rights violations in...

If convicted of the marijuana-related charges, he faces up to 40 years in prison EL PASO — An admitted Mexican drug smuggler shot by a pair of U.S. Border Patrol agents who were convicted in the shooting made his first appearance on marijuana charges Friday in federal court. Handcuffed and wearing a bulletproof vest, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was escorted to the federal courthouse Friday by two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents. He declined to speak with reporters as he walked the short distance from the jail and did not speak in court except to acknowledge that he understood the charges....

BECK: The whole world is upside down. We`re back with the wives of three imprisoned law enforcement officers. I believe they are America`s first real political prisoners: Patty Compean, Monica Ramos and Ashley Hernandez. And joining us now, Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter from California. Congressman, let me start with you. U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton, tell me about this guy. He`s the guy who put all three Border Patrol officers behind bars. Who is he? REP. DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CA): Well, you know, I know THE Compean and Ramos stories pretty clearly, not the other -- THE OTHER gentleman that`s involved, but...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's No. 3 Democrat said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign because he is putting politics above the law. Sen. Charles Schumer cited the FBI's illegal snooping into people's private lives and the Justice Department's firing of federal prosecutors. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Gonzales repeatedly has shown more allegiance to President Bush than to citizens' legal rights since taking his job in early 2005. He branded Gonzales, a former White House counsel, as one of the most political attorneys general in recent history "Attorney General Gonzales is a nice man, but he either doesn't accept or...

In a meeting in September, officials from the Department of Homeland Security office of the Inspector General briefed Reps. John Culberson, Ted Poe, Kenny Marchant and Michael McCaul on a strange story about a two border patrol agents facing criminal charges for shooting a Mexican national, who was offered immunity in exchange for his testimony, even though he was in the United States illegally and driving a truck loaded with 743 pounds of marijuana near Fabens, Texas. The DHS officials explained the case in such a way as to effectively forestall serious inquiry into the case by the four Texas...

List of people pardoned by George W. Bush The following is a partial list of people pardoned by George W. Bush. As of December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush had issued 113 presidential pardons to people who have served their entire sentence, and has commuted in addition the sentences of three people. [1] This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president. The order is alphabetical, the year is the date of conviction. Charles James Allen (1979 conspiracy to defraud the United States. A former federal employee, Allen was convicted for approving...