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.