Conflicted Thoughts About the Border Agents Resolved

From Sea to Shining Sea ^ | 1/20/07 | Purple Mountains

[PurpleMountains]

I had been grappling with the right and wrong of the situation concerning the two imprisoned border agents for some time until I viewed a segment on the O’Reilly Factor Thursday where he interviewed Johnny Sutton, the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case and put these men in jail for doing their job. He came across looking like a straight-shooter who was somewhat conflicted about a case he knew was weak, but was trying to put the best face on the prosecution that he could. His explanations convinced me that something was very wrong here, and to rethink this whole, awful state of affairs.

[ovrtaxt]

I've had a hard time finding much about this case. Thanks for posting.

[raybbr]

Sutton responded, "There's this impression that all these dopers carry guns," but mules -- smugglers such as Aldrete-Davila -- "almost never carry guns," because federal law "tacks on five years to their sentence."

As if breaking one more law is a deterrent to someone who's been smuggling drugs since he was 14.

[wolfcreek]

"someone who's been smuggling drugs since he was 14."


Funny, his family member said he was *always* armed. IMO, a smuggler would be stupid not to be armed. Other Cartels and roadbandits would have to be a concern.