Border agents shoot suspected drug smuggler in N.M.

KTAR.COM ^ | February 20th, 2009 @ 8:49am | Associated Press

[AndrewC]

EL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Border Patrol agents have shot a man authorities describe as a suspected drug smuggler in the New Mexico desert west of Santa Teresa. ...

[AndrewC]

Another "abuse of Border Patrol authority". Hope these agents have better luck than Ramos and Compean. Since the story lists the victim as a "suspected" drug smuggler these agents are in big trouble. There could have been a mother and her children in the vehicle.

[Badeye]

As long as they didn’t tamper with the scene, ala R & C, they won’t have a problem.

[AndrewC]

Ping. Something to get ahead of?

[AndrewC]

Ramos did not tamper with the scene.

[Badeye]

Okay, so why did you name both?

Can’t have it both ways, as so many want to desperately related to R&C.

Let it go, it distracts from the real argument here, related to border security, amnesty, illegal immigration.

JMHO.

[papasmurf]

[pissant]

On the bright side, Johnny Sutton works in Texas.

[353FMG]

Mexican drug dealers and other criminals are invading the country, and 0 wants to disarm us. The criminals will become the foxes and the law-abiding citizens will be waiting for them in the henhouse if they give up their weapons.

[D Rider]

As long as they didn’t tamper with the scene, ala R & C, ...and continued to fire until he stopped moving..., they won’t have a problem.

Fixed.

[AndrewC]

Okay, so why did you name both?

Might it be related to the fact that they both ended up in jail for doing their job? Ramos did not tamper with the scene and Compean did not injure Davila. So why did you make the statement about tampering with the scene and mention both? You can't have it both ways.

Yes this is related to those subjects, and when you jail your enforcers for doing their jobs you are on the wrong side.

P.S. And don't strawman shooting "innocent" people in the back. The situation was fast developing and more complex than just shooting someone in the back.

JMHO2

[AndrewC]

On the bright side, Johnny Sutton works in Texas.

But stupidity presently reigns everywhere in our federal government.

[Professor_Leonide]

Here’s hoping these border patrol agents don’t wind up in jail...

[Badeye]

‘So why did you make the statement about tampering with the scene and mention both? You can’t have it both ways.’

Actually I can, because they were both convicted.

[Badeye]

(chuckle)

Fair enough.

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[1rudeboy]

"Doing their jobs?" ROTFLMAO

I'd be leery of seeing working unarmed as security guards at a shopping mall.

[AndrewC]

Actually I can, because they were both convicted.

You can make any statement you want, even an inconsistent one. Yes they were both convicted, but your statement was about tampering with a scene.

[1rudeboy]

Seeing them.

[1rudeboy]

Why are you fixated on evidence tampering? Ramos knew the scene was tampered with, and didn’t report it. What’s the real difference?

[AndrewC]

"Doing their jobs?" ROTFLMAO

You obviously missed the testimony establishing that nearly the whole contingent of the Fabens station was at the scence, including two supervisors. Ramos and Compean were doing their jobs.