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February 17, 2009
Ramos, Compean Freed From Prison
Ramos, Compean freed from prison
Congressman calls for probe of prosecutor, role of Mexico
By Jerome R. Corsi
Convicted former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were released from federal prison this morning and are en route to join their families in El Paso, Texas.
Characterizing Ramos and Compean's incarceration as a "political prosecution," Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, called for a congressional investigation into alleged prosecutorial misconduct by El Paso U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton under the direction of Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Poe also called for an investigation into the alleged role of the Mexican government in demanding that Ramos and Compean be prosecuted.
"As soon as President Bush commuted Ramos and Compean's sentences, the Mexican government registered a large protest," Poe noted.
"In their protest, the Mexican government admitted their involvement in the case without specifying what their involvement was," he added.
"So I think the first order of business is for the U.S. Congress to investigate what role the Mexican government had in demanding the Bush administration prosecute this case," he insisted. "Mexico should not be meddling into U.S. criminal cases."
Poe also told WND his office intends to petition President Obama to pardon Ramos and Compean in the administration's first round of presidential pardons.
"At last, Ramos and Compean have been rightfully reunited with their families," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., another member of the House of Representatives at the forefront of the fight to free the men. "I wish the Ramos and Compean families the best as they now try to pick up the pieces and begin to heal from this terrible ordeal."
Poe charged Ramos and Compean "were incarcerated as political prisoners of our own country."
"Both Border Patrol agents were doing their jobs on the border," he told WND.
Poe had harsh words for prosecutor Sutton and Attorney General Gonzales.
"Our own government took the side of the drug dealer, found him in Mexico, brought him back and treated his wound at taxpayer expense," the congressman said. "The government made a back room deal with the drug dealer by telling him that in exchange for his testimony against Ramos and Compean, he would be given immunity for that offense."
Poe charged that Sutton's office intentionally misled the jury at the trial.
"The prosecution misled the jury and the American public by not allowing the jury at the Ramos and Compean trial to know that the government had reason to believe the drug smuggler in the case, (Osvaldo) Aldrete-Davila, had been implicated in a second drug smuggling incident before the trial began," Poe stressed.
Subsequently, Sutton appeared on many national radio and television shows, attempting to convince the American public to accept the Bush administration's version of the case. Sutton contended Ramos and Compean were "rogue cops" who shot after an unarmed fleeing Mexican who was only trying to surrender and that the agents subsequently tried to hide evidence of the shooting at the scene and failed to report the incident to their superiors.
"Most of the American public and most members of Congress think the sentences Ramos and Compean received were way over the top," Poe said.
Wild Thing's comment.........
I am thrilled they have been released and pray for the best for them and their families. I am thrilled they have been released and pray for the best for them and their families.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
Posted by Wild Thing at February 17, 2009 06:25 PM
Comments
Didn't they catch this 'Unarmed Mexican' with 750 pounds of Marijuana. Isn't that in it self a felony ? and if this unarmed Mexican was fleeing was he not a fleeing felon ? Don't sound Rogue to me.
But what the hell was the Mexican Government doing involved in our justice system anyway. And why was Bush even allowing the Mexican Government to have a say in our justice system.
There's been something hokey with this all along. Bush kept trying to avoid Pardoning them or even talking about them. Now the truth comes out and if Ramos and Compean talk about it we may find out the truth. Sutton is the scum of the earth. It is one thing to be a lawyer but quite another to aspire to be the scum of the earth he certainly has succeeded achieving his goal. So somehow, Illegal Aliens have more rights that the Officers of the Border Patrol. If you are a drug dealer the Mexican government goes to bat for you if you are caught in the U.S. and you suddenly become a poor Mexican. This is Bullsh*t. And President Bush was involved up to his eyeballs in this.
What about the Deputy Sherif who shot at a car of fleeing felons.
Posted by: Mark at February 17, 2009 06:53 PM
If you don't know already, the little illegal beaner was caught a second time smuggling drugs into the US. This is what happens when the goddamn goobermint takes the side of foreigners and drug running foreigners at that. GW needs his ass kicked for siding with the beaner nation.
Posted by: cuchieddie at February 17, 2009 07:03 PM
It's about time these men are out of prison. They should have been decorated for keeping almost 1,000 pounds of drugs away from our schools. Instead Bush's good friend, Johnny Sutton, has them thrown in prison on trumped up charges.
Posted by: BobF at February 17, 2009 09:48 PM
Sutton needs prison time. His influence(cronyism) with Bush is a serious blow against Bush's integrity.
There is still a deputy sheriff languishing in prison for shooting at a car load of illegals trying to run him over.
This whole incident will not be forgotten and Bush will have his legacy in the dumpster over this.
Posted by: TomR at February 18, 2009 12:22 AM
Glenn Beck has been following this and his 5 p.m. show on FOX is awesome! I hope these guys pay some money to get better fire arms qualifications after firing 15 rounds with only one hit in the @ss: > ^ ^ > > > ^ ... X!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at February 18, 2009 09:36 AM
It is hard after working at many levels for 53 years for a political party to say "I have been betrayed." But that is what George Bush did to me and John McCain did not speak out against it. These two men plus Scooter Libby condemn Bush in my eyes as the man who was put in place to destroy the Republican Party and pave the way for the New World Order. Texans should run him out of the state and send his bosom buddy Sutton with him.
Posted by: horace at February 18, 2009 11:18 AM
