Posted on 01/17/2007 4:43:28 PM PST by Ladycalif
L PASO, Tx. - Two former El Paso Border Patrol agents reported to federal officials Wednesday afternoon to start their prison sentence.
Ignacio Ramos turned himself into federal officials in downtown El Paso shortly before 2pm Wednesday afternoon. Former agent Jose Compean turned himself in a short time later.
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The thing is, the DA didn't have to prosecute this case; he has the discretion to NOT bring charges if it's in the public interest.
Was shooting a foreign drug importer - who illegally snuck into the country - in the ass really that big a deal?
MYTH: Those who defend and attempt to protect our OPEN borders are lawbreakers.
Truth: Border Patrol Agents who attempt to keep stinking illegals and their illegal drugs out of the hands of young AMERICANS are convicted for DOING THEIR JOBS!!!!
Grifting for this case, eh?
Why would the President commute their sentences. Doesn't anyone think he sanctioned this prosecution?
Thanks for posting that. I was thinking something might have been missing from some of the previous postings.
What a carefully worded piece of BS from Johnny Sutton.
I'm ashamed of this government. Whether it's our troops in Iraq or our border guards doing their jobs the pimps in Washington are too damn quick to throw these people under the bus.Maybe it's time to throw the pimps in Washington under the bus !!!
Soon bush , snow and the rest of that bunch will be history. Things may get worse , but at least we know who we are dealing with.
Compean said, "I feel betrayed by the government. My entire adult life, I've been doing nothing but working in the government. My four years in the military, and five years in the Border Patrol. I've done nothing but protect this country, and this is the way I get repaid."
A US Attorney lying to save his butt and pad the stats on his resume?
Happens everyday.
He was an ILLEGAL CRIMINAL INVADER committing an ILLEGAL act in a country he INVADED ILLEGALLY. He has NO 4th Amendment rights.
The only drug smuggler not carrying a gun and that is the one they shot...what are the odds>???
(SARCASM)
It's really sad when two men who are protecting our country go to jail for it because the main point above anything else is political agenda. What does that say about our leadership. I truly hope our leaders are tortured by their consciouses and can not sleep at night.
Release them immediately.
That too is incorrect. This is from Joe Loya's letter to the Senator - the REAL STORY
"Because of the supervisor’s actions, none of the agent's filled out firearms discharge reports. This administrative policy violation could have gotten them a five day suspension without pay. After checking again on Compean’s condition and asking him if he wanted to file assault charges, according to testimony, Richards then made a statement saying, “If we call the F.B.I. we are going to be here all night doing paperwork. We will never know who the person was that assaulted you although we've got the van and the marijuana." After that, everyone went back to work. "
He also did not get shot in the ass as he fled.. see this doctor's testimony from the same letter:
"Davila claimed that he was shot in the back as he fled back to Mexico. The U.S. Army doctor who removed the bullet fragment from the smuggler's right groin disagreed. Although he was testifying as a government witness, he told the truth and stated, "The smuggler was not shot from behind". "He was in a running position, (bladed position) and pointing back with his left arm and hand when the bullet hit his left side of his left buttock and traveled to his right groin. The prosecution then suggested that he may have been shot as he was running across and not away from agent Ramos. The doctor disagreed and so he was quickly dismissed by the prosecution. "
Also this shows that Federal prosecutors had it out for the agents:
"At the trial, the drug smuggler claimed that Compean fired 5 or 6 shots at him. During the trial, the prosecution upped that number to 16 shots. "
It is CLEAR to anyone who knows the facts of this case that this case was a RAILROAD job by our Federal government and that fact will become completely clear on appeal when this is tried in a new court. I hope it goes all the way to the Supreme Court and I hope to GOD the agents get out of prison while awaiting the appeal process.
For GOD's sake OJ Simpson is walking around a free man and these good guys are in prison.
What kind of country are we living in????? Certainly not the one our founding fathers designed.
All Federal prosecutors should "have it out" for agents that destroy evidence and lie on reports.
So much for the "conservative" George Bush, who fancies himself the new Reagan, but never vetoed a spending bill, is now withdrawing conservative judicial nominees, lets this total miscarriage of justice go forward, is intent on securing the frontiers of countries 10,000 miles away while totally ignoring protecting our own borders. Thanks for wrecking the Republican Party, Mr. Bush. You're no Reagan and never were.
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