Border Patrol Agents Sentenced - Illegal Aliens

Cross posted from The Uncooperative Blogger:

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were sentenced to prison terms of 11 years and 12 years for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect in the buttocks as he fled across the U.S.-Mexico border.

A federal jury convicted Compean, 28, and Ramos, 37, in March after a two-week trial on charges of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and a civil rights violation.

Both Compean and Ramos will have to report to prison in mid-January 2007.

Three of the Jurrers in the case signed affidavits stating, “That they were told by the jury foreman that the judge would not accept a hung jury.” In what kind of justice system are officers of the law convicted for pursuing criminals by a jury that is not convinced they are guilty? Even ultra-liberal Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein doesn’t agree with the way the case was handled. Last week, she called for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the case, alleging that the conviction was “a serious miscarriage of justice.”

Texas Representative Ted Poe also released a statement saying, “It seems to me the U.S. government is on the wrong side of the law…It is appalling to me that our own government would give immunity to an illegal drug smuggler in their effort to prosecute these two brave young men who were simply doing their job – protecting the dignity of our borders and our country.”

A lawyer for one of the agents had filed an appeal in the case, but it did not delay the sentencing.

Mary Stillinger said in a motion filed Tuesday that three jurors claim they were misled into finding the agents guilty. She wanted a new trial for former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.

Grass Roots has placed a call to agent Ramos’s attorney, to help
us plan for our next grassroots push. Until then, we want to
mobilize an additional 10,000 -15,000 citizens who are
demanding this injustice be righted. Please take a moment
to add your name to our petition by clicking here:

Sign the Petition for Presidential Pardon

After adding your name to our petition, I ask you to contact
the White House and urge President Bush to use his executive
power to free these men who obviously have been victimized.

Call the White House: 202-456-1111,
And email The President

The story below…

From WND (you can go read it)

President Bush signs fence bill, The Uncooperative Blogger
Anti-PC leadership, Free Constitution
The American People Spoke, Common Sense America
Illegal Immigration MEGA Post, Take Back Georgia
National Security in the hands of Border Patrol, Free Constitution
Nestle….has the very Best……CHOCO…uh….Illegal Labor, stickNstein
Nestle contractor caught on take hiring illegal aliens, The Uncooperative Blogger
Celebrate the signing of the security fence, Morning Coffee
Border Patrol Agents Sentenced, The Uncooperative Blogger
Take Back Georgia, The Plot Thickens
Exposing the Latino, Chicano Movement, The Uncooperative Blogger
Text of the Border Security Bill Signing
Texas Illegal Immigration Rallies, The Uncooperative Blogger
Censorship Alert, Must Take Action Now, Take Back Georgia
Illegal Immigration In The News, Morning Coffee
Red Hot Cuppa Politics, Hezbollah linked with pipe bomb scare near U.S. Embassy

**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.

Comments

[Debbie]

Excellent comments everybody, and Gabriel Jericho you are so right.

[Gabriel Jericho]

Thank God Paul Revere did not live in this century. If he would have taken the ride saying "The Illegals are Coming" he would have been arrested and charged with violating their civil rights.

[Robert M Thomas]

You have got to be pulling my leg. set theese guys free. what the fuck. fuck these wetback illegal drain on our society they are a plaques. if i could shoot
them as they cross the boorder i would. open season on wetback spicks!

[JimKouri]

Here's another article on border security:

by Paul Weyrich
Border Security: A Line in the Sand

Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) recently declared the debate over securing America’s borders extends beyond the issue of illegal immigrants and jobs. “Securing our borders will also stop illegal commercial activities, such as human trafficking and drug and weapons smuggling – the three most lucrative illegal commercial activities in the world. Therefore, it is an important national security matter for us to take the appropriate steps to gain operational control of our borders.”

http://theconservativevoice.com/article/19715.html

[Ma r t i n @ b l o g b a t]

Well, they just violated the new unspoken law: do not harm, impede or especially shoot the property of big business.