This stinks of high water. Petitions for the two agents pardon are being readied. Read on.
A Republican congressman yesterday announced the pending delivery to President Bush of a petition signed by 160,000 Americans calling for the commutation of prison sentences for two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug smuggling suspect in the buttocks.
During a press conference on the front steps of the Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., Rep. Dana Rohrabacher asked Mr. Bush to “have some Christian charity and pardon” Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who are scheduled to begin serving 11- and 12-year prison terms, respectively, next month.
Mr. Rohrabacher called on Mr. Bush to “do the right thing and not allow the lives and families of these fine men to be destroyed.”
This case came because the Mexican national “illegal immigrant” agreed to testify against the agents with the grant of immunity.
The government brought the charges after Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, a Mexican national, agreed to testify against the agents in exchange for a grant of immunity in a possible drug case after an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General.
If I was in charge I would have charged the illegal drug smuggler and thrown the book him. The agents should have received commendations for thwarting criminal activity. Check out google and see an article on more drugs being stopped on the border. For some reason the article isn’t coming up.
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