Ramos and Compean Update
Bush Pressured Prosecutor to Railroad Border Patrol Agents
by Charles Coughlin
Most Americans have probably never heard of Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. We know that the federal government doesn’t give the Border Patrol what it needs. We know that the Feds failed to build the Border Fence, which Americans demanded and Congress approved before the 2006 election. We know that millions of illegals are allowed to run loose in our society with no real threat of deportation. But most of us didn’t know just how vicious our own government could be toward Border Patrol agents, who tried to enforce the law.
An article about the Ramos and Compean case notes “BE A BORDER Patrol agent: Do your job, go to prison. That’s how the job must look to agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. In February 2005, the agents tried to stop a van driven by drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila near the Mexico border. After a scuffle with Compean, Aldrete-Davila fled on foot. Ramos says he saw a gun — which the smuggler denies. Both agents fired at Aldrete-Davila, who fell, but continued his escape across the border. After he got away, Ramos and Compean filed a report on the 743 pounds of marijuana they found in the van, but not on the gunfire. As it turns out, Ramos had shot Aldrete-Davila in the butt. A Homeland Security agent heard about the episode, went to Mexico and offered Aldrete-Davila immunity, if he testified against Ramos and Compean. U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, a Bush appointee, prosecuted the agents…” (more…)