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.
Obstruction of justice is whose job? Look who's talking.
Let's face it, George W. Bush is the lord and savior of some of these people, he can do no wrong.
He certainly could do no right by fighting illegal immigration, even if he were so inclined. This Republican Administration is almost useless.
Drug smugglers: newest members of the professional victim class.
Because you're dumb.
What did he do wrong here?
Why don't you go down and use your body as a shield to protect the drug smugglers from the evil border agents?
Considering that no ballistics tests matched the bullet in your buddy the drug msuggler's ass, to either Agents' weapon it's possible that the round came from either Aldrete's gun or somebody elses. Not likely but possible. Of course, when you are biased and want to see Border Patrol Agents go to prison conclusive evidence really isn't a priority in your opinion.
Speak English, amigo.
Nothing shouts "LOST THE DEBATE" quite like your posts.
Your "theory" is ridiculous, Mr. BP Agent. Your Union needs to be busted.
Why do you have this weird love and compassion for the drug smuggler? Relative of yours?
Overwhelmingly, it looks to me like most conservatives consider this case to be a travesty of justice.
IMO, it is you who is losing this debate, badly.
You must be reading the LP thread.
Why are you defending the drug mule?
No. Are you?
Why would you show yourself to be ignorant/wrong with such ridiculous posts?
Source your nonsense.
Twisted.
Just have a "thing" for drug mules do you?
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"The bullet remained lodged in his body, causing him pain and impeding his ability to walk, until extracted by a military physician in the United States. On March 16, 2006, the bullet extracted from Aldrete-Davila’s body was matched to the service weapon carried by defendant Ramos, evidencing that Ramos fired the shot that struck Aldrete-Davila."
You're as twisted and warped as the drug smugglers you're cheering.
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