Thanks. It was a Witch Hunt sponsored by a U.S. Attorney. I will not argue they did not violate the law as it seems they did. Now let's look at how justice was served and the standards that apply to illegals and the standards applied to U.S. citizens even cops.
After learning of the shooting, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton sought out Aldrete-Davila in Mexico and offered him immunity from prosecution if he would return to the United States to testify against Ramos and Compean.
Added to that what 11-12 counts against them in the case. Couldn't he find more? /sarcasm In such cases usually only the most serious charges of the crime gets prosecuted. Now I do have to wonder just how many times Mr Sutton has gone to Mexico, sought out a Mexican National charged in the U.S. with a felony such as Cold Blooded Murder and brought the person back to the U.S. It doesn't happen. Even when a U.S. Bounty Hunter known for non violence goes in Mexico to successfully retrieve a convicted U.S. citizen felon who fled the U.S. after conviction the Bush Administration is about ready to turn such a bounty hunter over to his beloved corrupt business friends government officials of Mexico for a jail term.
Now note the charges.
Ramos and Compean were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with serious bodily injury, discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, willfully violating Aldrete-Davila's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure and obstruction of justice for intentionally defacing the crime scene, lying about the incident, and failing to report the truth.
Two charges of assault? Just how many times was he shot? Once. Violation of his what? Fourth Amendment right? Uh excuse me but the U.S. Border Patrol and Customs Agents have the power to INSPECT VEHICLES coming into the United States from Mexico? IOW a B.S. charge. Had the perp been a U.S. Citizen the charge should have stuck. Now if I decide to run from my local law enforcement they're gonna have PROBABLE CAUSE to go through my vehicle. IOW again Mr Sutton trumps up a charge and gives the illegal higher standing in a court of law that what is given an American Citizen. Obstruction of Justice? OK I can give him that one. This case in a county court would have at best yielded out a firing and likely less than 5 years maybe even 11-29.
I know of a case where several officers tortured a known drug dealer, made threats to him even to his death, assault, and got less time the longest term was 5 years. That convictiona as well took place in a federal courtroom and involved a U.S. Citizen as the known drug dealer. I'm pretty certain after reading what the drug dealer went through a shot in the sitter and the officers letting him go would have seemed a better offer to him. Those officers lied and covered up a lot more so than these two may have it was an organized conspiracy. Here is that article http://www.wbir.com/news/archive.aspx?storyid=27204
It seems Mr Sutton went well out of his way to form a case. In view of the many thousands of felons who commit their crimes against our citizens and then walk back into Mexico where they can not be touched. Add to this that the man was a repeat offender. Mr Sutton was well out of line giving a man a multi-felon major drug runner immunity for this case. What that man was caught with in this country can lock you away for much longer than those two agents. Their punishment did not fit the crime.
Anazing, and thank you.
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