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I think our cops (be they border patrol or whatever) do a thankless job. In this case, how can we secure borders and keep illeagals and drugs out of this country if we do not back those who do the job?

Rose:)

posted by RoseDempsey on January 18, 2007 at 9:33 AM | link to this | reply

My material is not from any internet email or rumor.....

but from actual reports and comments on the case....with LINKS included.

But thanks for stopping by........

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 18, 2007 at 6:03 AM | link to this | reply

Here's a copy of the story from Truth or Fiction.com ~

The Truth:
The eRumor leaves the impression that the two loyal Border Patrol agents were tossed into prison without merit while a drug smuggler got soft treatment.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas released a detailed statement about the case on September 8, 2006. The statement was partly because of the Internet eRumor.

According to the statement, the two Border Patrol agents in the case shot an unarmed man, failed to report the shooting as required, and did not know at the time that they shot him that he had 743 pounds of marijuana in the van he was driving.

After a two-week trial, a jury convicted both agents of eleven of the 12 counts in the indictment including assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with serious bodily injury, discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and willfully violating the rights of the victim, and obstructing justice by defacing the crime scene, lying about the incident.

The statement said that the agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean spotted the suspect, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, on February 17, 2005, driving a van near the U.S. Mexico border near Fabens, Texas. They attempted to stop him for an ID check and the suspect got out of the van and started running toward the border. The agents stopped him at gunpoint and, according to the statement, he "held his hands up, as if to surrender, with his palms open, and no weapon was in either hand, or evident on his person." At one point one of the agents tried to hit the suspect with the butt of his gun and the suspect took off running again. The U.S. Attorney's office says the agents fired 15 rounds at the suspect, one of which hit him in the left buttock. The suspect made it into Mexico and got away.

It was later discovered that the suspect had been driving a van with 743 pounds of marijuana in it.

The statement said that the agents had shot the suspect knowing that he was unarmed and without knowledge of whether he was illegally in the United States or whether any crime had been committed.

Later, according to the statement, they returned to the scene of the shooting, collected all of the shell casings, and failed to report the incident as required by the Border Patrol.

The victim was granted immunity from any prosecution about the load of marijuana in return for his testimony in the case

posted by mark2556 on January 18, 2007 at 5:09 AM | link to this | reply

I'm off to sign!

posted by Whacky on January 17, 2007 at 10:23 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin-Dallas

I have followed that story in the news here, and I have signed that petition now. Good for you my friend.

posted by WileyJohn on January 17, 2007 at 10:18 PM | link to this | reply

Pardon my French, but that is ri-damn-diculous!

I'm going to read that article and sign the petition. We sure do have some dumb laws.

posted by Jadelynn on January 17, 2007 at 8:31 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin,

I signed the petition and added my two cents.

posted by sarooster on January 17, 2007 at 5:59 PM | link to this | reply

Offbeats.......

The dirty little secret is that both parties think that the millions of young illegals will save the Social Security Trust Fund....it will provide the funds to keep the checks flowing to us baby boomers.......good for 20-30 more years of passing the buck......

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 17, 2007 at 5:36 PM | link to this | reply

CD

This wrecked my nerves when I heard about it a week or two ago, then this afternoon I signed the petetion when I received it from a friend. This whole thing makes no sense to me. When I heard the President wouldn't sign the pardon because the border agents used excessive force it pissed me off even more...I don't get it~

posted by Offy on January 17, 2007 at 5:31 PM | link to this | reply

HUH? What? EXCUSE ME!

I don't even know what to say to this Corbin...I can't believe this is really happening.

posted by bel_1965 on January 17, 2007 at 4:43 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin

I have been following this case for some time now, mostly on Lou Dobbs' show, and I find it utterly baffling and infuriating! There ought to be a storm of outrage sweeping the US! But there isn't...I would certainly sign the petition, but I don't want to give ammunition to people who might argue that there shouldn't be any signatures by non-US citizens on it...