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The House is exploring and acting on several strategies to free the jailed agents who shot an unarmed drug smuggler who fled back into Mexico.
 The two agents admitted they shot and wounded unarmed drug-smuggling suspect Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in the buttocks as he fled from them on Feb. 17, 2005, after crashing a van loaded with 743 pounds of marijuana in west Texas. He fled on foot; they caught him and scuffled. He escaped and refused their order to stop as he ran toward the Mexican border.
Compean and Ramos opened fire. The two veteran agents say they saw him reaching for something, perhaps what they thought might be a gun, when they fired.
The ways they are looking at freeing the agents include…
WASHINGTON | Members of Congress have devised an interesting mix of strategies to try to free two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug smuggler.
Citing “prosecutorial overreaching,†Sens. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, and Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, joined forces to send a letter to President Bush urging a commutation for the agents.
Other lawmakers went a step further, asking the White House for a pardon.
A few GOP House members are venturing into less conventional waters, including an unusual congressional pardon and an amendment to block the Bureau of Prisons from spending money to imprison the former officers.
Lets hope that some justice is give these men who have help protect our borders. Every day these men make split second decisions. They did the right thing and shouldn’t be punished for it.
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