Posted on 09/08/2006 10:27:53 AM PDT by radar101
Members of Congress petitioning the president to pardon two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of assaulting an illegal alien who was trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. are now calling for an investigation of the U.S. attorney who prosecuted the agents.
"These were good agents doing their job," said Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). "There is something that stinks to high heaven."
On Feb. 17, 2005, U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean were on duty when they encountered Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in a van carrying 743 pounds of marijuana. When the agents tried to stop Aldrete-Davila, he fled. Unable to shake the pursuing agents, he abandoned his van and continued running toward Mexico.
The agents' version of what happened next contradicts Aldrete-Davila's testimony. The one thing all agree on is that, while fleeing on foot, the illegal alien and drug smuggler was shot. Aldrete-Davila was treated at a hospital in El Paso and then returned to Mexico.
After learning of the shooting, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton sought out Aldrete-Davila in Mexico and offered him immunity from prosecution if he would return to the United States to testify against Ramos and Compean.
The initial immunity offer covered Aldrete-Davila's illegal entry into the U.S., the drug smuggling and his unlawful flight from the agents to avoid arrest. Sutton expanded the immunity to include a subsequent drug offense, when Aldrete-Davila tried to smuggle another 1,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States.
"The Justice Department says they don't have the resources to secure our borders, but somehow they found the resources to send agents to Mexico to find Aldrete-Davila and prosecute these agents," Tancredo said.
Rep. Red Poe (R-Texas) said the Justice Department is "on the wrong side" of this case.
"It appears as though they are working for the government of Mexico instead of the government of the United States," Poe said. "Instead of prosecuting [the agents], they should be giving them a medal."
Sentencing hearings for the agents have been postponed twice and are now scheduled for Oct. 18. They each face from five to 20 years in prison.
"It will absolutely be a sin, it will be a crime if these agents go to jail," said Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.).
Jones has discussed the case with Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and the White House. He told Cybercast News Service that "Something is not right. Washington, D.C. needs to look into that office's activities."
"We need to start asking questions and go down to Texas and find out if there is a problem," he added, noting that there is a history of Sutton pursuing cases against law enforcement officials. "If the American people rally behind these two agents, then we can certainly look into the actions of the federal office down in Texas."
Sutton's office did not return phone calls requesting comment for this article.
There is a post on every day of the mth on this National calendar with updated information "NEW UPDATE-Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean-National- Donations for U.S. border agents"
The volunteers that post info on the calendar have a request a post HERE button. If you have updates that you think should be posted contact:
http://anti-illegalimmigrationevents.com/
The calendar is run by volunteers and does not ask for donations, they only ask that folks request for info to be posted on the calendar and it looks like they post all the events in the nation.
EVentually justice will prevail. ;)
Convicted border agent tells his story ^ (Ignacio Ramos)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678755/posts
God Bless!
Go away
No. But you can continue to bury your head in the sand.
I have no inside knowledge of this case- from what I have read when this incident happened no one on the scene or on the area seemed to think anything had been done wrong or illegal. There were supervisors in the area and yet nothing was said until later when the incident blew up, then many turned on these two BP.
My thinking is if they violated laws or procedures then it should have been wrong in the beginning. If it was not wrong in the beginning and only later when the heat was on did their actions become problems then to me it seems they were made scapegoats to keep Mexico happy.
Humm-maybe the agents just need a few hours of re-training while the scummmm drug runner needs to be shot (along with every other drug smuggler) in the a$$ by every citizen that lost a loved one because of the drugs, gangs,cartels and illegal alien lawlessness in our country.
Or, they broke the law and deseve to be punished. Pretty simple.
and a ILLEGAL drug smuggler is granted amnesty.
TWICE, 2nd time with 1000 Lbs.
pretty simple for a simple mind.
Darwin may have been right and you are related to an amoeba?
Thanks for posting that source link.
Folks may want to check out the site it comes from..
StoptheDrugWar.org
http://stopthedrugwar.org/about
Funny how here the agents are stopping drugs and now are in the line of fire themselves, but we know that's all just a legality now. Criminal actions must be punished.
PS,, Is Soros a contributor to the site? He has his fingers in damn near everything globally these days, wouldn't surprise me in the least.
Nice comeback.
Funny how you use all CAPS for illegal while disregarding the agents crime.
Is it Hypicrite Day at FR?
I think that they meant The Honorable Ted Poe from the 2nd Congressional district in the Great state of Texas. Congressman Ted Poe is a Conservative that is not afraid to speak his mind and I am proud to vote for him every time!
I've never heard of the site. Is the story false?
You totally disregard the illegals crime. So do you believe the illegal drug smuggler deserves amnesty.
Which illegal crime? There were plenty.
So do you believe the illegal drug smuggler deserves amnesty.
No.
No problem, that site where you pulled the link is pretty much a WOD site, in support of some form of legalization of drugs..
I just thought a little link checking was in order, not that you aren't trustworthy and all.
So would you oppose a grant of amnesty for the agents after sentencing?
I see your point now.
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