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Ramos and Compean

Hawk, Here is a link to blogs on the subject: http://www.firesociety.com/forum/topic/7/Border-Agents-Under-Fire/

In a nutshell here is the story:

Tancredo Demands Pardon of Border Agents amid New Killing
U.S. Border Agent murdered while attempting to stop illegal smugglers

( WASHINGTON, D.C. ) ? Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today demanded a pardon of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean after recent press reports of another Border Agent, Luis Aguilar, was killed in the line of duty.

?Border Patrol Agents risk their lives everyday to prevent illegal aliens, illicit narcotics and terrorists from entering this country,? Tancredo said. ?It is time we pardon Ramos and Compean and send a clear message to potential smugglers that our Border Patrol will use any means necessary to prevent illegal border crossings.?

Agents Ramos and Compean were sentenced to 11 and 12 years, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the buttocks. The smuggler has since been caught smuggling more drugs into the United States.

Luis Aguilar, a 32-year-old father of two, was hit by a truck driven by a smuggler as he tried to place spike strips in front of the escaping vehicles. The vehicles made it back into Mexico.

Tancredo concluded, ?The overzealous prosecution of Ramos and Compean has created a situation where border patrol agents now have to worry about being prosecuted and imprisoned for doing their job. In the ultra-violent world of drug cartels and human traffickers, even the slightest hesitation by law enforcement can be the difference between life and death. A pardon for Ramos and Compean would go a long way toward restoring confidence in our Border Patrol that this administration is on the side of law enforcement - not the Mexican cartels and the open-borders lobby.?

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