Any details on this case? Why were border patrol agents prosecuted for shooting a drug smuggler?
They lied in their reports after removing their shell casings from the scene.
Major no-no for a LEO.
Freepers defending obstruction of justice isn't pretty.
Basically after the smuggler drew down on the one agent his backup went to his aid and shot the bad guy in the butt. When the smuggler got back home into Old Mexico he complained to his mommie who had a personal friend in a different office of the BP. This other office then called Washington and now the agents are going to prison. The hero Garcia who was trying to save his friend got the heaviest sentence for the birdshot in the butt. I heard they had to return the 700lbs of pot back to the mother....(unconfirmed) Welcome to Mexizona
They did not report that they had done so until the IG's office got involved, and they destroyed evidence. That is what they were convicted on. Amazing how those details didn't make it into the thread.
Because the Mexican cartels were mad their merchandise was not getting through.