I posted the entire thing because there's so much misinformation floating around (not necessarily from narconews) I thought it'd be best.
I think it likely that the Sutton camp itself is probably the source of much of the disinformation, hoping to fog the scene around the official actions taken, and the sentence meted out to the agents.
It also seems that there are plenty of grounds for appeal, especially in regard to jury instructions. It would seem reasonable to me that the agents violated regulations. These violations most probably should have been handled as administrative matters, with "punishment" to match.
Should the informant be foolish enough to re-enter the US, there are sufficient grounds to detain him. I would be very angry indeed to learn that Sutton had given him a completely free pass, which I don't believe is within his authority.