Man agents shot ran drugs into U.S. after he was given immunity, DEA report says [Ramos/Compean]

Daily Bulletin ^ | 02/27/2007 | Sara A. Carter

[calcowgirl]

...an Oct. 25, 2005, DEA report shows that DEA investigators believed they had sufficient evidence to indict Aldrete-Davila, but their requests to do so were denied by prosecutors.

PING!

[AZRepublican]

What a bunch of ^%*&*&%%$#$#$ crap.

[sure_fine]

a congressman was on FNC 2 weeks ago talking about this

[ballplayer]

They were to busy tracking down that dangerous criminal Scooter Libby

[Carolinamom]

Ping...time to ring Tony Snow?

[mewzilla]

Unbefreakinglievable.

[wolfcreek]

Shana Jones, special assistant to Sutton, said she could not comment on Gregory's meeting with the DEA, or on the DEA documents.


"We have posted the transcript of the (agents') trial," Jones said. "We are not going to comment about matters that are under seal or are ongoing investigations."


They've run out of lies! Oh My!

[sgtbono2002]

*****Unbefreakinglievable.****



It is hard not to believe that there is a conspiracy between our government and the Mexican government to bring Mexicans and drugs into this country.

This conspiracy is not only in the White House,but on Capitol Hill.

We are being sold out for big business and their need for cheap labor. We are being sold out for rich drug dealers and their drug suppliers.

It is obvious if you stop believing the BS and face the facts.

[poobear]

Everyday I wake up with a new flying "F" YOU! in my face.

[Uncle Chip]

an Oct. 25, 2005, DEA report shows that DEA investigators believed they had sufficient evidence to indict Aldrete-Davila, but their requests to do so were denied by prosecutors.

Well, that's because the request came from the wrong people. Johnny Sutton takes his orders from the Mexican Consul and the drug smugglers' friends in Washington ---

[mewzilla]

We're being sold out for votes from folks who will be sucking on the government teat for quite a while.

[Christopher Lincoln]

The story just keeps getting worse.

[goldstategop]

If our government has no respect for its own laws, it should hardly expect others to. In Johnny Sutton's world, Border Patrol agents are criminals and drug smugglers are heroes. What a depressing picture. That's your tax dollars put to work sending the wrong guys to prison.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[radar101]

My opinion of the Clinton Administration was it was the most lawless Administration in history: People were killed (Waco, Clinton Death List), and kidnapped (Elian Gonzalez).
This demonstrates that the Bush Administration is following the same path in order to achieve "One World"

[Brilliant]

They obviously aimed too low.

[From One - Many]

Sutton's assertion that Aldrete-Davila has not been arrested is accurate. However, an Oct. 25, 2005, DEA report shows that DEA investigators believed they had sufficient evidence to indict Aldrete-Davila, but their requests to do so were denied by prosecutors

I would bet good money 'sutton' couldn't grant immunity to the drug dealer quick enough so he 'sutton' could send a message to the border patrol. 'sutton' is probably one of the dirties prosecutors in the U.S. 'sutton's' actions are those of a prosecutor on the take. IMHO

[Issaquahking]

Jorge, paving the road for socialism in America. Wants rino Rudy to follow in his steps(notice Ruddy seems to be silent on the issue)and move in his wage slaves into America. Am I in the United States?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Western District of Texas U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office prosecuted Ramos and Compean, has denied numerous times that Aldrete-Davila brought a second load of narcotics into the United States after being granted immunity

He did not. He said the man was not arrested, and not indicted. We know he was not arrested now that we see the story, and we know he was not indicted. Sutton did not lie, or deny the truth.

It looks like they are trying to put a case together against him. But they had only the testimony of a person caught with drugs, and that person's brother who is also apparently a drug smuggler (although why he would admit to that is strange, they wouldn't grant immunity to the person who supplies the drugs in order to prosecute the person who transports the drugs).

Anyway, I hope they have enough evidence to put him away for this case. It's sad when two BP agents charged with apprehending criminals fail to do so, and we have to count on known drug dealers to get the evidence to put them away. But maybe we will get lucky.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Sutton's assertion that Aldrete-Davila has not been arrested is accurate. However, an Oct. 25, 2005, DEA report shows that DEA investigators believed they had sufficient evidence to indict Aldrete-Davila, but their requests to do so were denied by prosecutors.

According to a high-level source close to the investigation, Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Gregory was notified in October 2005 that Aldrete-Davila was being investigated by the DEA and that the agency had new evidence against him.

the 2nd paragraph doesn't support the conclusion in the first paragraph. They don't provide a copy of the report, so we have no way of knowing if the report actually SAYS what Sarah claims, or if this is just another of her leaping to the conclusion she wants to draw.

The fact that she specifically said Sutton "repeatedly denied" something he never denied when in her own next paragraph she admits he was telling the truth shows how little credibility we can give to any of her other claims that are made without any published facts to back her up.

I hope they get enough evidence to put him away. However, the article only mentions two people who identify him as having transported drugs. He was not caught with the drugs -- one of the two men was. Davilas was known in the community by the time of this bust, his picture had been in the papers and the trial had gained national attention.

The article doesn't even mention that the report has evidence Davilas was in the country at the time. For all we know, the ONLY evidence the DEA had was the testimony of these two men, one of whom was caught with drugs, and the other who is his Brother.

So, how would Jose know about the drug smuggling? The article doesn't tell us that Jose is the one who sent the drugs into the country. For all we know, Jose only knows about this because his brother told him about it. Jose claims he told Davilas to see his brother to get his van fixed. That's a story meant to get his brother off for the drugs, by claiming his brother wasn't the one who was supposed to get the drugs.

Jose also says the van was driven from Jaurez to El Paso. But we don't find out if the van has american plates or not. If Davilas used his pass to drive through the border, there would be a record of the van, but the article doesn't mention it which suggests that wasn't in the report.

And the previous case suggested that the drugs are put in a van in the U.S. and the mules are sent over the border on foot to meet up with the van, I presume because it's hard to get a van across the river so it has to be driven through roads where BP agents are ready to pounce.

Anyway, once again the biased reporters spin stories trying to work up the opposition. The report simply expresses the statements made by a guy caught with drugs in his possession -- but the reporter says "the report claims" rather than "a person caught with drugs claims" which would be more truthful. "the report claims" suggest the result of an investigation where independent observers reach conclusions about the evidence, and there is no indication that conclusions were reached.