Posted on 02/26/2007 6:13:10 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
It is this reporter's opinion that it is now time to tell the story of former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman — how in the performance of his duty he was falsely charged and convicted of violating the civil rights of an illegal caught entering the U.S. at the Mexican border.
The case of Brugman, along with the cases of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, Gilmer Hernandez, David Sipe, and others unjustly accused, serves as proof of the malicious prosecution brought by the U.S. attorney, Johnny Sutton, against our brave and dedicated law enforcement officers who dare to uphold our immigration laws.
Just as in the Ramos and Compean case, Sutton collaborated with the Mexican Consulate to locate a deported Mexican national, paying his way to the U.S. to testify against a dedicated border patrol agent (Brugman) on false assault charges.
What incentive was given for his testimony? It is known that a member of the smuggler's family, his daughter, received chemotherapy treatment in the U.S.
A scandalous twist orchestrated by the Sutton prosecution against Brugman was that Sutton brought the convicted and incarcerated drug smuggler from his prison cell to testify against Brugman — the same drug smuggler agent he had captured six weeks prior to the incident for which he was being prosecuted.
Once again, as in the case of Ramos and Compean, there was no previous accusation of a violation to the smuggler's civil rights. But as in the case of Ramos and Compean, the Sutton gang labeled Brugman a rogue cop.
Tragically, no one listened to Gary Brugman's story several years ago — he spent two years in the general population at federal prisons. Because of the constant threats against his life, he was forced to wrap himself in newspapers and magazines taped to his body as protection against inmate knifing attacks.
Gary Brugman lost everything, and his life was totally ruined. But thank God, he survived his sentence and is now a free man.
Brugman, a patriotic American, now tells his story in an effort to help Ramos and Compean, and Hernandez to prove their innocence against the power, influence, and treachery of President Bush, our attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, and their "Charlie McCarthy" U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton.
The prosecution in the course of Brugman's sham of a trial called a convicted drug smuggler to the stand to testify against him — the same drug smuggler he had captured who had been convicted of smuggling and sentenced to over five years in prison.
They brought the convicted criminal into court escorted by a deputy U.S. marshal who actually sat behind him on the witness stand as he testified against Brugman.
During a 20-minute recess in the trial, Brugman found himself in the restroom with Sutton's prosecuting attorney.
Brugman looked him in the eye and asked why he was doing this to him.
To which Sutton's man replied, "It's not a matter of if you are going to prison, it's a matter of how long you're going to prison for. I have a $50 million budget to make sure you're going."
Sutton, at one point, called the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass, Texas to help him locate and bring the drug smuggler back into the U.S., offering the dope smuggler immunity and health care for his family in exchange for false testimony against Brugman.
All of this false information was sealed by the judge and withheld during the trial. Brugman says the drug smuggler even testified he did not want to testify against Brugman but was pressured by both the Mexican and U.S. government to do so.
Says Brugman, "The recent exposure of the facts of the Compean and Ramos case, and that of Deputy Hernandez, has torn me apart. I now know how it feels and it is terrifying. God bless these agents and this deputy. May He be with them and their families every moment of the day."
Meanwhile, when will Sutton be exposed for his illegal actions as he represents the power structure of the Bush/Gonzalez abuse of our American judicial system by bringing false prosecutions and imprisonment against loyal border patrol officers?
And there you have another story — the story of Border Patrol Agent Brugman and his unjust prosecution at the hands of Sutton and his gang.
Thanks for the ping, BM! I hope to God that one day, this human slug named Johnny Sutton, is made "an example" of. If there's any bit of justice left in this country, someone in the FBI is running a background check on this scumbag attorney. Not that anything can be done about it, of course. I'm sure his pockets are lined with Mexican blood money. Even though Sutton is a treasonous rat of the highest order, his actions are coming from the top of the food chain. All of this lies squarely on the shoulders of President Bush, and if he doesn't change his socialist, globalist ways and appeasement with Mexico, he'll go down as one of the WORST Presidents in US history (IMO). Good riddance to the Bush Dynasty, I say!
Thanks for that. He's 92 with 70 years as a reporter. He's someone to admire.
The Brugman case points to malicious prosecution. It's like the David Sipes case which was also a malicious prosecution. The Gilmer Hernandez case was a malicious prosecution. The Ramos/Campean case was a malicious prosecution so there is merit in the comparisons. US Attornerys that have good cases don't need to lie and twist facts.
If the Ramos/Campean case been a case about two drug smugglers instead of two aggressive Border Patrol agents this case would have never seen the light of day with such tenuous facts.
Looks like we're up to four, now. Wouldn't surprise me to learn there are even more.
Sutton is in the drug cartel's pocket. I wonder who else?
As far as I'm concerned he's a tool for this Administration. Only 20 days after the conviction of Ramos and Compean, Martinez appointed him Chair for the Attorney General's Advisory Committee a job "which plays a significant role in determining policies and programs of the Department and in carrying out the national goals set by the President and the Attorney General."
Coincidence, I think NOT. The ties between these three go way back.
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