Whore-hey Bushito Hangs Border Patrol Agents Out To Dry
He recently had Press Secretary Tony Snow tell reporters that the two agents who shot the pot smuggling illegal alien Osbaldo Aldrete Davila in the behind, that the agents broke the law.
The spokesman said the agents picked up their shell casings after the shooting and didn’t make the proper report — both violations of regulations.
“Now, at the time this happened, they did not know if he was an illegal. They did not know that there were 700 pounds of marijuana. They didn’t know any of those things,” Mr. Snow said.
In a statement released as the case proceeded, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said he prosecuted the agents “because they had fired their weapons at a man who had attempted to surrender by holding his open hands in the air, at which time Agent Compean attempted to hit the man with the butt of Compean’s shotgun, causing the man to run in fear of what the agents would do to him next.”
He said both agents saw the man was not armed.
Luckily, one Republican politician is letting El Presidente have it.
“This is the worst betrayal of American defenders I have ever seen,” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said of the president.
“It’s shameful this was done by someone who is in the Republican Party,” the California Republican added in comments coinciding with the jailing of agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
Rohrabacher said Bush “obviously thinks more about his agreements with Mexico than the lives of American people and backing up his defenders.”
Really…What is it with these Bushes and the love affair with Mexico. Were they all born with silver tortillas in their mouths?
Unfortunately, Ignacio and Ramos start their jail terms today.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
The Bush Administration sent a strong message to Border Patrol Agents and all other law enforcement agencies of what will happen if they use necessary force to enforce our immigration and drug laws. This is George Bush’s Justice Department that perused this case, tracked down this drug runner, and got him to testify against the agents in exchange for immunity. I bet they’re going to offer the criminal citizenship and monetary compensation. In the mean time, two men who defended this nation are going to prison for shooting a drug runner.
January 18th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Here’s something interesting on this travesty of justice. The mother-in-law of a fellow border patrol agent turned them in when she was called by the mother of the drug dealer.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26224
Returning to Mexico, Aldrete-Davila related his misfortunes to his mother, who contacted the mother-in-law of Border Patrol agent Rene Sanchez. Sanchez in turn tipped off a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who went to Mexico to offer immunity if Osbaldo would act as a state?s witness against Ramos and Compean: the feds wanted to prosecute the agents shooting the alien narcotics supplier.
To sweeten the immunity deal, the feds paid for Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila?s medical treatment of his ailing backside ? a taxpayer-funded recuperation at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. He showed his gratitude by breaking his immunity agreement in October 2005, when officers say he attempted to smuggle 1,000 pounds of marijuana into America. The prosecution further extended its immunity to this felony and sealed the indictment from jurors. Aldrete-Davila repaid this new shower of grace by suing the federal government for $5 million, alleging the shooting violated his civil rights.