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.
Maybe you should have visited my home page before running your literary mouth. Notice your buddy doesn't even have a homepage. I wonder why?
It'll never happen. They're too busy grifting poor saps out of money, building 2 mile long cattle fences, and telling everyone else they're not patriotic enough.
LOL, Animosity is always a good reason to convict somebody of a crime isn't it. Never mind a fair trial with due deliberation.
You are truly the best this country has to offer, out on the front lines with the Marines and the BP. My hat is off to you; you are my idea of a REAL MAN!! Semper Fi.
"Ramos has always maintained the smuggler had a gun. He was transporting over a million dollars in drugs ...."
Apparently, the US Government took the smuggler's word for it that he didn't.....
The level of skill is irrelevant. The effort alone is sufficient to demonstrate consciousness of guilt.
Therefore, I attest again they were not trying to hide anything.
You "attest?" You sure you wanted to say that?
Do you know the root of terms such as "attest," "testify," and "testimony?" It comes from the Latin for "swearing by one's testes," which is why (a) only men could testify, and (b) why it was probably a very bad idea to testify falsely in ancient Rome. :)
It means that you're doing so well on your first day here, the border 'bots are getting their feeeelings hurt.
Border Parol agent...drug smuggling illegal alien...who you gonna believe?
I used the term correctly and in good conscience.
"See its crap like this that have so many conservatives not wanting to vote for the Republicans"
With 80% of the country wanting the border closed, the GOP could DESTROY the Democratic Party. Why don't they? A majority of the party in the House voted on the enforcement side. A majority of the party in the Senate voted against the criminal Senate bill. Why don't they use this?!
FBI Hostage Rescue Team Sniper...drug-smuggling child molesting cult leader...who you gonna believe?
FBI Hostage Rescue Team Sniper...gun-running racist nutcase...who you gonna believe?
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