Posted on 10/19/2006 3:37:27 PM PDT by no dems
Edited on 10/19/2006 4:07:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Ex-border agents sentenced for shooting smuggler
AP
EL PASO, Texas -- 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.
The union representing most rank and file Border Patrol agents established a legal defense fund. And civilian border watch groups have asked the U.S. Attorney General's office to review the case and throw out the jury's guilty verdicts.
Lesson to all, shoot to kill! Use RBCD Ammo.
One shot, One kill.
/Nuff said
And that, BTW, ought to be a major no-no for this government to be giving armed officers of the law.
Picking up their shellcasings is a minor infraction ~ mere ministerial is the word.
Besides, they didn't think they'd hit anyone ~ next time the perp gets tracked down and offed.
So, good work PRND21 ~ you've now made the border inestimably dangerous for everyone. The narcotrafficantes are going to up their armaments and numbers on these missions, and buy off more federal judges, and date more plug-ugly female US Attorneys ~ blech ~ can you imagine what their attitudes will be after that?
I heard the jury was given improper instructions. I think I saw that here on FR..
It does not but I suspect you do. :-)
Also, work toward a conservative coalition builder, for the Presidency in 2008.
Amen, my brother. I suspect a DU troll here:
xxyyxx Since Jul 16, 2006
Maybe we can take up a collection and get him a one way ticket to Haiti? I've got a suitcase he can use.....
Wanna have some fun? On November 7, we should all get windbreakers and caps with "ICE" on them, then stand about 300 feet from the polling places. Then watch and see how many illegals turn around and leave without voting.
Nice dramatics. You cause Global Warming.
They picked up their casings and lied about it.
The sentence may be severe, but the conviction is justified.
I haven't heard that. Link, please?
Freepers defending obstruction of justice isn't pretty.
The sentences are longer than if they had raped the guy, beaten his dog, shot him and then made him pick-up the shell-casings with his teeth.
Do you not see any injustice in this case?
ping...
it is not about two innocent men
Why is no one bitching about them?
Google it.
Do you not see any injustice in this case?
All three should be in jail.
Mr. President...
Totally retarded. Hope they fight it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Un efn believable!!!!
We can hope that the convicted agents appeal this.
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