May 2008
New ethics complaint targets Ramos-Compean prosecutor
Contends public domain facts show Johnny Sutton 'willfully
misleading'
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
5-12-08 --
A Christian pastor says he has filed an ethics complaint with the
Texas Bar Association seeking an investigation into U.S. Attorney
Johnny Sutton's "willfully misleading" statements in the case
against former U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose
Compean. . . . Don Swarthout, president of
Christians Reviving America's Values, today confirmed his
ethics complaint cites Sutton's actions in the case in which Ramos
and Compean were convicted of shooting at a drug smuggler who had
dropped a load of marijuana near the Texas border and was fleeing
back into Mexico. . . . An announcement from his organization
confirmed, "Swarthout charges Sutton's office willfully misled the
jury in order to convicted Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and
Jose Compean." . . . On Feb. 17, 2005, Ramos and Compean pursued
Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila on foot after Aldrete-Davila abandoned a van
containing 743 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million.
During the chase, Ramos shot at Aldrete-Davila in the belief that
the smuggler had drawn a gun of his own. Aldrete-Davila escaped
across the border, and Ramos assumed Aldrete-Davila was unhurt. In
fact, Aldrete-Davila had been shot in the buttock.
'Ramos, Compean must ask for clemency'
Spokeswoman says 'there's a
process' for pardons
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
5-1-08 --
The two former U.S. Border Patrol agents who were sentenced to
prison terms of more than a decade each for shooting at a drug
smuggler who dumped a load in the United States, then fled on foot
back into Mexico rather than be arrested, must ask if they want
clemency in their cases, according to the White House. . . . "There
is a process under which anyone can apply for a pardon or a
commutation. And if they want to take advantage of that process,
they're absolutely welcome to," Dana Perino, the White House
spokeswoman, told WND today. . . . She was responding to a question
from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, about
the case involving Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. It has been a
subject of dispute among border control advocates ever since the two
were arrested. . . . They were convicted in their trial on the
testimony of Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, who was given a grant of
immunity from prosecution for his crimes and testified how he was
shot and injured by the officers who were trying to arrest him.

April 2008
Call renewed for pardons for border agents
'Once again, I am
challenging President Bush to do what is right'
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
4-18-08
--
Mychal Massie,
the chief of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Project 21
and a
columnist for WND, is
renewing his call to President Bush to pardon two former U.S. Border
Patrol agents who were convicted and jailed for shooting at a
fleeing drug smuggler. . . . The call from Massie, whose Project 21
has been a leading voice of the African-American community for
nearly two decades, follows a guilty plea from Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila,
the smuggler in the case involving agents Jose Compean and Ignacio
Ramos. . . . Aldrete-Davila pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S.
District Court in El Paso, Texas, to drug smuggling and is to be
sentenced in July. . . . Compean and Ramos are serving prison terms
for shooting at the smuggler while he was running back to Mexico in
2005, Massie's statement noted. Aldrete-Davila conspired to smuggle
marijuana into the U.S. twice after he was granted immunity to
testify against the agents. . . . "It is time to prove that he
[Bush] places the welfare of American communities and those men and
women who risk their lives to protect them over the welfare of lying
illicit drug smugglers," Massie said. "Pardon Ramos and Compean now,
Mr. President!"
March 2008
Pardon me: Bush blasted for ignoring border agents
'Leaving good cops behind bars is
unconscionable'
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
03-26-08
--
President Bush is coming under fire for presidential pardons
yesterday that included forgiveness for drug smugglers, an embezzler
and others, but not for jailed Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos
and Jose Compean. . . . Ramos and Compean entered prison in January
2007 after a controversial ruling on their actions in apprehending a
fleeing drug smuggler. . . . "I believe the president's stolid
refusal to pardon Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso
Compean is the most unconscionable act of disloyalty he has
perpetrated upon those sworn to protect our well-being. I know this
feeling is shared by many other patriotic Americans," said Mychal
Massie, chairman of
Project 21 and a
WND columnist. "This sends a
disturbing signal to the men and women who protect our borders, not
to mention how it must affect the morale of those serving overseas."
. . . On Feb. 17, 2005, Ramos and Compean pursued Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila
on foot after Aldrete-Davila abandoned a van containing 743 pounds
of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million. During the chase, Ramos
shot at Aldrete-Davila in the belief that Aldrete-Davila had drawn a
gun of his own. Aldrete-Davila escaped across the U.S.-Mexico
border, and Ramos assumed Aldrete-Davila was unhurt. In fact,
Aldrete-Davila had been shot in the buttock.

December 2007
Is There Now Hope for Jailed Border Agents?
Mike Cutler
12-10-07
-- I have written a number of
previous commentaries about U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ramos and
Compean and for good reason; in my opinion, they were maliciously
prosecuted. Apparently, some members of Congress agree. . . . There
are both Democrat and Republican members of the House of
Representatives who have publicly called for the issuance of a
Presidential pardon in this case that Congressman Delahunt, the
chairman of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human
Rights and Oversight, refers to as a "miscarriage of justice." . . .
In fact, Representative Delahunt, a Democrat, and
Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican, as well as other
members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle are
convinced that justice was not served by the prosecution of Agents
Ramos and Compean, and these Congressmen are working hard for the
beleaguered agents. . . . Johnny Sutton was the prosecutor in this
case and it was he who was behind the unfortunate prosecution of
these law enforcement officers. Sutton was recently quoted in the
Washington Times as having stated the “punishment was high” but the
sentences were mandated by Congress. . . . “Reasonable people can
certainly argue that the time the agents received was too much, but
that is an issue that needs to be taken up with those in Congress
who set the sentencing guidelines,” he said. “My job is to uphold
the law. It’s someone else’s responsibility to determine if it
needs to be changed.”
House resolution wants Ramos, Compean freed
Bi-partisan plan suggests terms be commuted before Christmas
By Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
10-7-07
-- A bi-partisan resolution
is being introduced into the House of Representatives calling on
President Bush to commute immediately the sentences of Border Patrol
agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, so they can be home with
their families by Christmas. . . . Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass.,
the sponsor of the resolution, is being joined by Rep. Silverstre
Reyes, D-Texas, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., as co-sponsors.
. . . Ramos and Compean are serving 11- and 12-year sentences,
respectively, for shooting at fleeing drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila
in an incident on the Texas border with Mexico on Feb. 17, 2005. . .
. Currently, Ramos and Compean are in concrete-slab solitary
confinement in maximum security federal prisons. . . . This
resolution marks the first time Democrats and Republicans in the
House have succeeded in bringing together a bi-partisan coalition
supporting Ramos and Compean. . . . "It is clear that the momentum
of public opinion has dramatically shifted in favor of wrongly
imprisoned Border Agents Ramos and Compean," said Rohrabacher in a
press release issued by his Washington office at the close of
business.
 
Judge: Prosecutors May Have Overreacted In Case Against Border
Patrol Agents
Associated Press
12-3-07
-- Federal prosecutors may
have overreacted in their case against two Border Patrol agents who
were sentenced to lengthy prison terms after jurors convicted them
of shooting a fleeing drug suspect and hiding evidence of the
incident, an appeals court judge said Monday. . .. Judge E. Grady
Jolly, one of three judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals hearing the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean,
questioned whether the two agents would have been charged if they
had reported the shooting. . . . "For some reason, this one got out
of hand, it seems to me," Jolly said of the agents' prosecution. . .
. A federal jury in Texas convicted Ramos and Compean of assault,
obstruction of justice and civil rights violations in the wounding
of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila on the Texas border near El Paso in
2005. A federal judge sentenced Compean to 12 years in prison and
Ramos to 11 years.
November 2007
'Pardon Ramos and Compean now!'
Long-time Bush friend among 31
leaders signing letter to White House
By Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
11-19-07
--
More than 30 conservative leaders, including one of President Bush's
long-time friends, have signed a letter urging Bush to pardon
imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. . .
. The move follows news that the
drug smuggler in the case, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, was arrested
last week at the Mexican border
for alleged drug offenses committed while under immunity to testify
as the star witness. . . . The leaders calling for a pardon include
Paul Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the
Free Congress Foundation;
Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of
Eagle Forum; Morton
Blackwell, chairman of the
Conservative Leadership PAC;
Frank Gaffney, Jr., president of the
Center for Security Policy;
and David Keene, chairman of the
American Conservative Union.
Man whose testimony sent 2 agents to prison arrested
By Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
11-16-07 --
The admitted drug
smuggler who sparked a national movement to free two El Paso Border
Patrol agents convicted of shooting him was arrested Thursday on
drug charges at the Zaragoza Bridge, officials with the U.S.
attorney's office said. . . . Prosecutors used the testimony of
Osvaldo Aldrete Davila to convict agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose
Alonso Compean, who are serving prison terms. . . . Aldrete, 27, was
arrested by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and of the
Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for
alleged conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute
marijuana in September and October 2005.
October 2007
Bush won't get involved in Ramos, Compean review
Congressman says former agents treated worse than terrorists
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
10-19-07
--
President Bush's spokeswoman, Dana Perino, has brushed off a request
from Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.,
for the Bush administration to review the harsh treatment convicted
Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean reportedly are
receiving in solitary confinement. . . . Rohrabacher had made the
request, arguing that for 10 months Ramos and Compean have been in
conditions more severe than experienced by terrorists held by the
U.S. at the Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. . . . The congressman also said he has written to
Manhattan federal trial judge Michael
Mukasey, Bush's nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney
general, demanding that upon confirmation Mukasey conduct an
unbiased review of the agents' prosecution. . . . Les Kinsolving,
WND's correspondent at the White House, raised the issue during a
press briefing at the White House. . . . "Congressman Dana
Rohrabacher has asked for what he calls a thorough review of the
treatment given Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean
in solitary confinement, saying they have been treated more severely
than terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay. And my question: How will
the president respond to this request?" . . . Apparently not at all,
according to Perino.
Lawmaker: Terrorists treated better than Ramos, Compean
Congressman calls for investigation into reported harsh conditions
By Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
10-17-07
--Rep.
Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., is
calling on the Bush administration to conduct a thorough review of
harsh treatment convicted Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and
Jose Compean reportedly are receiving in solitary confinement. . . .
Rohrabacher argues that for 10 months Ramos and Compean have been in
conditions more severe than experienced by terrorists held by the
U.S. at the Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. . . . The congressman also disclosed he has written a letter to
Manhattan federal trial judge Michael
Mukasey, Bush's nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney
general, demanding that upon confirmation Mukasey conduct an
unbiased review of the agents' prosecution. . . . "Given the close
personal relationship between the prosecuting U.S. Attorney Johnny
Sutton, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and President Bush,
past requests for inquiries into prosecutorial misconduct in this
case have been ignored," Rohrabacher claimed in a statement.
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September 2007
Ex-border agents appeal convictions
Jerry Seper
9-24-07 -- Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents sentenced to lengthy prison terms
for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect have asked a federal appeals
court to overturn their convictions, saying they were charged with a
nonexistent crime and convicted after the jury was given improper
instructions by the trial judge. . . . Houston defense lawyer J.
Mark Brewer said two counts of a grand jury indictment against
former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean charged them
under a federal statute with the discharge of a firearm in relation
to a crime of violence, but the statute does not define a crime and
contains only a sentencing factor to be addressed after conviction.
. . . Mr. Brewer said in a 20-page motion that the
"improperly-crafted indictment" misfocused the agents, counsel and
jury on a nonexistent crime of unlawful discharge of a firearm,
because the agents were authorized to possess, carry and use a
firearm in the normal course of their job. . . . He said that in
order to charge a crime under the government's 10-year mandatory
sentence statute, an indictment "must allege that a defendant either
has used or carried a firearm ... during and in relation to any
crime of violence or has possessed a firearm in furtherance of such
a crime." He said the prosecution "misstated" the crime defined by
federal statute. . . . Mr. Brewer said the district court
"erroneously told the jury the federal statute made it a crime for
anyone to discharge a firearm during and in relation to a crime of
violence." . . . A ruling in the case is expected next month.
 
Dog tags urge pardon for Ramos, Compean
Also serving as fundraiser for agents' families
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
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9-10-07
-- A chief at a sportswear and
emblem company has launched a website to urge pardons for former
U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were
imprisoned in 2006 for firing their guns at a fleeing Mexican drug
smuggler, and raise funds for their families. . . . Rich Soergel of
Pacific Sportswear and Emblem Co. told WND that his goal over the
coming six months is to raise at least $50,000 for the families of
the agents serving prison terms of 11 and 12 years. . . .
"I have created a grass roots fundraising campaign to raise money
for the Ramos and Compean families by offering a special dog tag,"
he said. The product calls for freedom for the agents on the front
side, and on the back, has the telephone number for the White House.
. . . "Demand pardon. Call the White House at (202) 456-1414," it
says. . . . The fundraiser is located at Free Our Border Agents.com, he said.
. . . The dog tabs are brushed aluminum and coated with lacquer, he
said.
The ballad of Ramos and Compean
How
the anti-immigration right -- and Lou Dobbs -- turned two rogue
Border Patrol agents into heroes and got Congress on their side.
By Alex Koppelman
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AP
Photos/The
El Paso
Times, Ruben R. Ramirez
Jose
Alonso Compean (left) and Ignacio Ramos arrive Jan. 17,
2007, at the federal courthouse in
El Paso,
Texas,
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9-4-07 --
Two years ago, in the Texas desert southeast of El Paso, two U.S.
Border Patrol agents fired 15 bullets at a suspected drug dealer who
was fleeing on foot toward the border. The man, a Mexican national,
was hit once in the buttocks but made it across the Rio Grande. The
agents who fired their weapons, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, were
sentenced to more than a decade in prison for firing on an unarmed
man and then trying to cover up the crime. . . . For the prosecutors
and the jury, the shooting of Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila near Fabens,
Texas, was a clearly unlawful use of force. But the conviction of
Ramos and Compean was just the beginning of the agents' story.
Within months, they had become the center of a dubious political
crusade that would energize the furthest reaches of the right,
dominate one of CNN's most popular news programs, and persuade a
quarter of the U.S. House of Representatives -- and one prominent
Democratic senator -- to reject the findings of a federal court. . .
. With the help of reporters and activists promoting -- and
embellishing -- the defense's version of the case, the two convicted
agents were transformed into martyrs for the battle against illegal
immigration. Instead of rogue officers who shot a fleeing, unarmed
suspect and then lied about it, they became stand-up cops who were
forced to shoot an armed drug dealer and then sent to prison by a
legal system run amok. After they went to prison in January 2007,
they even became the tragic heroes of a country song called
"Ramos and Compean."
Nearly
400,000 people have signed a petition demanding a presidential
pardon for the agents. There are two bills to pardon them pending in
Congress, one with more than 100 cosponsors,
including five Democrats. . . .
How did
Ramos and Compean get reinvented as right-wing heroes? The answer
lies in the way Americans get their information, from a fragmented
news media that makes it easier than ever to tune out opposing views
and inconvenient truths. When people seek "facts" only from sources
with which they agree, it's possible for demonstrable untruths to
enter the narrative and remain there unchallenged. The ballad of
Ramos and Compean is a story that one side of America's polarized
culture has gotten all wrong and that much of the other side -- and
the rest of the country -- has never even heard. . . . Federal
prosecutions of law enforcement agents are not undertaken lightly.
"No prosecutor ever wants to be in a position of prosecuting a cop
or a federal agent," says Johnny Sutton, U.S. attorney for the
Western District of Texas, whose office prosecuted Ramos and Compean.
"They're our co-workers, they're our friends, we represent them in
court ... But when one steps over the line and commits a serious
crime, it's very important that they be held accountable ... [and]
most agents would say what these guys did was outrageous." . . .
Prosecutors in Sutton's office considered the conduct of Ramos and
Compean outrageous enough that the two men were charged with seven
and nine counts, respectively. Both were charged with assault with
intent to commit murder. At trial, government prosecutors presented
a case, supported by eyewitness testimony, that alleged the
following: On Feb. 17, 2005, Aldrete-Davila led Border Patrol agents
on a high-speed car chase that ended at a ditch about 120 yards from
Mexico. Aldrete-Davila abandoned a van with 743 pounds of marijuana
inside and made a dash for the border. Compean, on foot, intercepted
Aldrete-Davila, who put his hands in the air to surrender.
August 2007
Jailed border agents case tied to Mexican trucks
Drug smuggler had commercial drivers license
By Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
8-27-07
-- WND has discovered a
previously unreported connection between the case of Border Patrol
agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and the Department of
Transportation's Mexican truck-demonstration project. . . .
In the Ramos-Compean case, the two agents convicted for 11 and 12
year prison terms respectively for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler,
an overlooked fact is that the fleeing smuggler held a valid Mexican
commercial drivers license at the time of the incident. . . . In his
testimony at the trial of Ramos and Compean, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila first testified that he held a commercial
drivers license that expired in November 2004.
. . . Under cross-examination from Ramos' defense counsel Mary
Stillinger, Aldrete-Davila reversed his testimony, admitting he had
two commercial drivers licenses and that one of the licenses, which
authorized him to transport hazardous material, was valid until
2013. . . . Under close questioning, Stillinger refuted Aldrete-Davila's
contention that a certificate on his second license required to
transport hazardous material had expired six months before the drug
incident involving Ramos and Compean. . . . Stillinger established
that Aldrete-Davila had a certificate valid through December 2005,
giving him permission to go into Pemex,
Mexico's state-owned oil company, to transport gasoline.
Proper Review
Officials’ use of lethal force must always be investigated
The Brownsville Herald
8-20-07
-- Emotions continue to cloud
the thinking of many people regarding illegal immigration and the
need for officers and agents patrolling the border to maintain
proper procedure and ensure everyone’s right to due process. . . . A
Border Patrol agent fatally shot a suspected immigrant smuggler
Wednesday night at the El Paso border wall. Last week an agent with
the U.S. Department of Customs and Border Patrol fired at a man who
sped through a secure part of the
Veterans International Bridge at
Los Tomates. The man apparently was fleeing from Mexican
authorities, and neither the driver nor two children who were in the
truck with him were struck by the gunfire. . . . As is both routine
and proper, the incidents are being investigated to assure that the
agents’ actions were justified. . . . Both incidents prompted calls
to this newspaper and comments on various sites on television and
the Internet. Some echoed alarmists’ rhetoric that possible
terrorists are streaming unabated across our border; some went as
far as to say that U.S. agents should simply open fire on anyone who
appears to be encroaching our border, no questions asked. . . .
These kinds of comments often carry a complaint that the
investigations only harass the agents who are keeping our country
safe, and put them in danger by making them more hesitant to draw
their weapons if they ever encounter future danger. . . . At the
same time, countless people, including members of Congress, continue
to lobby for the release and exoneration of former Border Patrol
agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were convicted this year
of crimes stemming from the shooting of an alleged immigrant and
drug smuggler. . . . In this latter case, people contend that
because of whom they shot the ends justify the means. The court,
however, determined that the agents’ actions were improper and
criminal. They shot at the alleged smuggler 15 times as he crossed
the Rio Grande into Mexico, striking him in the backside. The agents
then tried to cover up their actions — something they probably
wouldn’t have done if they didn’t know that what they did was wrong.
. . . Law enforcement, to be sure, is dangerous work, and those who
choose to do it deserve our support and thanks.
Mr. President, Release Ramos And Compean
by Chuck Baldwin
July 31, 2007
Any thoughts that the U.S. Justice
Department and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton were sincerely seeking
true justice with the prosecution and conviction of former U.S.
Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean have been
thoroughly exposed as blatantly disingenuous by the recent
revelation of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).
Readers who are following this
unbelievable case know that Rep. Rohrabacher is scheduled to conduct
congressional hearings today regarding the Ramos and Compean affair.
I am confident that Rohrabacher will focus much of the committee's
investigation on the illegitimacy of the Justice Department's star
witness, Mexican drug-runner Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, and the
possibility that the Mexican government was involved in our
country's prosecution of the two Border Patrol agents.
Congressman Rohrabacher obtained
copies of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) border pass cards
issued to Aldrete-Davila via a Freedom of Information Act request.
What he discovered is proof beyond all doubt that the prosecution of
Ramos and Compean was illegitimate and that the two agents should be
immediately released.
Rohrabacher discovered that Aldrete-Davila
was, at the time he was granted border pass cards by the DHS,
already involved in an active drug cartel. Beyond that, Aldrete-Davila
brought a "second load" of over 700 pounds of marijuana into the
United States after receiving his border passes.
Remember, Ramos and Compean were
convicted on the strength of the testimony of the drug smuggler,
Aldrete-Davila, who had been granted complete immunity from
prosecution for his testimony against the two agents. The case
ultimately came down to the word of an illegal Mexican drug smuggler
against the word of two Border Patrol agents, one of whom (Ramos)
had been nominated for Border Patrol Agent of the Year in 2005 (the
same year he was indicted). Sutton convinced a jury to believe the
drug-smuggler. This is a decision many of the jurors now regret, by
the way.
Are you putting all this together?
U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton ignored the fact that Aldrete-Davila had
been caught smuggling drugs a second time before giving him immunity
and proceeding with his testimony against Ramos and Compean. Of
course, all of this was kept from the jury. By any standard of
justice, this would constitute grounds for complete dismissal of all
charges against Ramos and Compean.
In today's congressional hearings,
Rohrabacher will also focus on the fact that the Justice Department
did not decide to prosecute Ramos and Compean until after receiving
a demand from the Mexican Consulate that the two agents be punished
for wounding the Mexican drug dealer.
Remember, too, that the physician who
removed the bullet-fragment from Aldrete-Davila's leg testified that
the bullet placement was not inconsistent with someone who might be
in a position to fire a weapon at the agents. This means the drug
dealer was not shot in the back as Sutton claimed. In other words,
the only word we have that the drug dealer was unarmed is the word
of the drug dealer. The agents said they believed they saw a weapon.
At this point, let me invite readers
to listen to my interview with Todd Hartley and PHX News out of
Phoenix, Arizona regarding the imprisonment of Ramos and Compean. In
his interview with me, Todd said that as he spoke with Ramos'
family, my name kept coming up, so he wanted to do an interview with
me for the benefit of his radio listeners. That interview can be
heard at
http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=50772
Feel free to listen
and share this interview with everyone you can.
If there is one message the White
House needs to hear, it is this:
Mr. President, release
Ramos and Compean!

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News & Views on
Ramos & Compean

From Center for Individual
Freedom
You know
all-too-well about Agents Ramos and Compean. They have already been
in federal prison for more than six months now. And they still face
more than ten years each. During the six months, they have suffered
more outrages than most people endure in a lifetime:
Agent
Ramos was attacked in prison by five Hispanic illegals with
steel-tipped boots, shouting "****la migra" -- an
obscenity. Congressman Ted Poe said bitterly: "The federal
government doesn't do any better job of protecting border agents in
jail than it does protecting them on the border."
The
bank has foreclosed on Agent Ramos's house, and his wife and
three children have been forced to move in with relatives.
Likewise, Agent Compean's wife -- with a new baby and two other
children -- is struggling to get by, courtesy of the federal
government, yours and mine.
The
Bush Administration -- after promising months ago to review their
case -- has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Yet
something good HAS happened!
Politicians in Washington are finally starting to pay attention to
this outrage, thanks to the willingness of thousands of CFIF
activists who continue to make their voices heard on this injustice.
Just
last week, Congressman Tom Tancredo introduced an amendment to a
House appropriations bill, a provision that would withhold funding
for the imprisonment of Agents Compean and Ramos.
And
guess what! The DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED HOUSE PASSED IT BY A VOICE
VOTE!
If
the Senate approves a bill with the same wording, and dares
President Bush not to sign it, the Bureau of Prisons will be forced
to free Ramos and Compean, and America can again go to bed with a
clear conscience.
The
Center for Individual Freedom has more information and a
link that you can use to fax to all the Senators and President
Bush.
House Panel to Probe Mexico's
Role in Ramos-Compean Affair
Kevin Mooney, Staff Writer
7-31-07 --(CNSNews.com)
- A congressional panel will Tuesday try to establish whether the
Mexican government played a role in the prosecution of two former
Border Patrol agents serving lengthy prison terms for shooting a
Mexican drug smuggler. . . . The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee
on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight will
hold a hearing on the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. In
prison since January, they face 11- and 12-year sentences,
respectively, for shooting and wounding Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in
February 2005 and then trying to cover up the incident. . . .
Aldrete-Davila had been attempting to smuggle 743 pounds of
marijuana across the border. . . . Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) told
Cybercast News Service on Monday that the Mexican authorities had
been wielding far too much influence over their U.S. counterparts in
matters involving border security. . . . "Why is our government so
willing to accept demands from Mexico?" he asked. "What the Mexican
government thinks about these cases should be irrelevant -- they
don't have a vote." . . . Poe said Mexican officials have previously
attempted to influence the prosecution of U.S. agents, and he cited
the case of Texas Sheriff Deputy Gilmer Hernandez, who was sentenced
last December to imprisonment for one year and one day for violating
the civil rights of an illegal alien. . . . Hernandez in April 2005
confronted a group of illegal aliens in a van after he observed the
vehicle running a red light. . . . Time for cop-citizen alliance.
Time for cop-citizen alliance
By
Joseph Farah
7-31-07 -- Over
the years, I've noticed a schism develop between many law
enforcement people and ordinary "civilians" – you know, the poor
schlemiels who pay their taxes, empower the high mighty and employ
the cops. . . . This division takes many shapes and forms, but
nowhere is it more obvious than on the issue of firearms. . . . Many
police officers have come to believe guns are only safe in their
hands – that they cannot be entrusted into the custody of untrained,
unqualified citizens. . . . Obviously, this is a non-starter from a
constitutional, freedom-oriented perspective. But there's a
practical new reason for cops to begin rethinking where this
anti-gun hysteria is leading our country. . . . I don't know how
many of us thought to question passage of law 18 U.S. Code section
924(c)(1)(a), which calls for a mandatory 10-year sentence for using
or carrying a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. . .
. Off hand, it sounds pretty good. . . . Who could argue with a law
that says, "Hey, if you commit a violence crime with a gun, you go
to jail for at least 10 years"? . . . I could live with that. It
sounds just. I like to see bad guys put away for a long time. Anyone
who commits a crime of violence and has a gun on them is probably a
very bad actor.

January 2007
Feds 'knew smuggler' in Border Patrol case
Critic charges prosecutor
lied, made 'deal with the devil'
By Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
1-30-07
--New
evidence suggests prosecuting U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton of El Paso
lied about how the government found the fleeing illegal alien
Mexican drug smuggler, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, according to a Border
Patrol advocate closely following the case of former agents Ignacio
Ramos and Jose Compean. . . . Contrary to claims, no Mexican
attorney was involved as an intermediary offering to reveal the
identity of the drug smuggler and bring him back to the U.S. in
exchange for given immunity to testify against Border Patrol,
contended Andy Ramirez, chairman of
Friends of the Border Patrol.
. . . "It's shocking how much lying Johnny Sutton has done about Aldrete-Davila," he told WND. . . . "The government made a deal with
the devil to put Ramos and Compean behind bars," Ramirez said.
"Sutton's story about the lawyer in Mexico is a total fabrication,
completely and maliciously false. The government knew Aldrete-Davila's
identity from Border Patrol and DHS sources almost immediately after
the event." . . . Commenting to WND for this story, Sutton insisted
there was insufficient evidence to charge the drug smuggler, who was
in a foreign country, which would have made it difficult to
extradite him.
Ballistics data don't support charge against border agents
Investigator:
U.S. attorney twisted evidence to fit
case – 'guilty of malicious prosecution'
By
Jerome R. Corsi, © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
1-28-07
--
Ballistics reports, used in the trial of Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos, one
of two Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting fleeing drug
dealer Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, do not support the prosecution's
claim the bullet was fired from Ramos' gun, according to documents
provided to WND from Andy Ramirez, chairman of the Friends of the Border Patrol.
. . . Despite the conclusion of a laboratory criminalist that he
could not conclusively link the bullet removed from Aldrete-Davila
with Ramos' service weapon, a Department of Homeland Security agent
swore, in an affidavit of complaint filed against Ramos and Jose
Alonso Compean, that Aldrete-Davila was hit by a round fired by
Ramos. . . . "Johnny Sutton and his assistants are guilty of
malicious prosecution," Ramirez charged to WND. "The prosecutors
lied to the jury and he twisted evidence to make it fit his case.
And when he couldn't twist the evidence, the government demanded
that the court seal evidence which would have been exculpatory to
the defense." . . . Nearly two years after the conclusion of the
trial, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has
yet to release a transcript of the trial. . . . WND asked Ramirez if
he was aware of the seriousness of his charges. . . . "I am very
aware and I am accusing Mr. Sutton of a felony," Ramirez told WND,
"but I am basing my conclusion on the evidence I have examined in
this case and the refusal by the government to provide evidence to
substantiate its claim to the Congress and the American people."
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