US Border Patrol Agents Jailed for Shooting
Drug Smuggler
Posted By voanews On January 18, 2007 @ 12:00 am
In El Paso, Texas, two former U.S. Border Patrol agents reported to federal
prison officials Wednesday to begin serving sentences imposed after they
were convicted last year of shooting an unarmed suspect in the back as he
ran across the border into Mexico. The wounded suspect, who had been
involved in drug smuggling, was given immunity from prosecution in
exchange for his testimony against the law officers. As VOA's Greg Flakus
reports from Houston, the case has become a lightning rod for groups
demanding better security on the border.
Former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean
voluntarily turned themselves over to federal prison authorities in El Paso
after a federal judge denied a last minute motion for the two to remain free
on bond pending an appeal of their conviction. Ramos was sentenced to 11
years and Compean to 12 years after a jury convicted them in March of last
year for shooting and wounding Mexican national, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila.
Prosecutors gave Aldrete Davila immunity from prosecution for smuggling
narcotics across the border in return for his testimony against the two
Border Patrol agents. Aldrete Davila is now suing the US government for five
million dollars.
Several U.S. congressmen and leaders of groups advocating stricter border
enforcement have taken up the cause of the two Border Patrol officers,
asking President Bush to pardon them. The White House says it has
received petitions with more than 225 thousand signatures calling on the
president to pardon the two men, but President Bush has not addressed
the issue.
Andy Ramirez, Chairman of the non-profit group called Friends of the Border
Patrol, says his group raised more than 45 thousand dollars in donations
for the legal defense of the two men. He says he has become close with the
family of Jose Alonso Compean and understands the frustration they feel.
"How do you comfort Mrs. Compean, how do you comfort their children and
his parents and his brothers and sisters? How do you comfort all of them,
knowing that Jose did not do anything wrong? He did his job and because
of that he is going to prison because of these absurd policies that allow
narco-traffickers to have more credible word than law enforcement officers
doing their job?," he said.
The head of the El Paso office of the League of United Latin American
Citizens, Elvia Hernandez, says her organization did not view the two agents
as innocent, because they had violated procedures and fired at an unarmed
man. Still, she says, her organization did not support the harsh sentence
and favored their remaining free while awaiting appeal. "We are still very
disturbed that they did not let them stay out of jail while appeal was on. It is
not that we do not think they should be punished, it is just that the sentence
was a little strict," she said.
Hernandez says the federal court wanted to make an example of the two
men to discourage other Border Patrol agents from violating the law, but
she fears it may have the effect of discouraging agents from using force
when it is justified and necessary.
The US Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Johnny Sutton, was
unavailable for comment Wednesday, but in a written statement he
released to the news media last week he defended the prosecution of the
two agents. Sutton said, "These agents shot someone who they knew to be
unarmed and running away." He said they also "destroyed evidence,
covered up a crime scene and then filed false reports about what
happened."
The U.S. Attorney rejected the notion that Ramos and Compean were
simply doing their job. He said law enforcement officers who break the law
must face the consequences just as anyone else would.
-----------------------------------------
UPDATE -JULY 2007 - The House moved to free the two Border Patrol
agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug dealer. The story can be found
here:
Drug Smuggler
Posted By voanews On January 18, 2007 @ 12:00 am
In El Paso, Texas, two former U.S. Border Patrol agents reported to federal
prison officials Wednesday to begin serving sentences imposed after they
were convicted last year of shooting an unarmed suspect in the back as he
ran across the border into Mexico. The wounded suspect, who had been
involved in drug smuggling, was given immunity from prosecution in
exchange for his testimony against the law officers. As VOA's Greg Flakus
reports from Houston, the case has become a lightning rod for groups
demanding better security on the border.
Former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean
voluntarily turned themselves over to federal prison authorities in El Paso
after a federal judge denied a last minute motion for the two to remain free
on bond pending an appeal of their conviction. Ramos was sentenced to 11
years and Compean to 12 years after a jury convicted them in March of last
year for shooting and wounding Mexican national, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila.
Prosecutors gave Aldrete Davila immunity from prosecution for smuggling
narcotics across the border in return for his testimony against the two
Border Patrol agents. Aldrete Davila is now suing the US government for five
million dollars.
Several U.S. congressmen and leaders of groups advocating stricter border
enforcement have taken up the cause of the two Border Patrol officers,
asking President Bush to pardon them. The White House says it has
received petitions with more than 225 thousand signatures calling on the
president to pardon the two men, but President Bush has not addressed
the issue.
Andy Ramirez, Chairman of the non-profit group called Friends of the Border
Patrol, says his group raised more than 45 thousand dollars in donations
for the legal defense of the two men. He says he has become close with the
family of Jose Alonso Compean and understands the frustration they feel.
"How do you comfort Mrs. Compean, how do you comfort their children and
his parents and his brothers and sisters? How do you comfort all of them,
knowing that Jose did not do anything wrong? He did his job and because
of that he is going to prison because of these absurd policies that allow
narco-traffickers to have more credible word than law enforcement officers
doing their job?," he said.
The head of the El Paso office of the League of United Latin American
Citizens, Elvia Hernandez, says her organization did not view the two agents
as innocent, because they had violated procedures and fired at an unarmed
man. Still, she says, her organization did not support the harsh sentence
and favored their remaining free while awaiting appeal. "We are still very
disturbed that they did not let them stay out of jail while appeal was on. It is
not that we do not think they should be punished, it is just that the sentence
was a little strict," she said.
Hernandez says the federal court wanted to make an example of the two
men to discourage other Border Patrol agents from violating the law, but
she fears it may have the effect of discouraging agents from using force
when it is justified and necessary.
The US Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Johnny Sutton, was
unavailable for comment Wednesday, but in a written statement he
released to the news media last week he defended the prosecution of the
two agents. Sutton said, "These agents shot someone who they knew to be
unarmed and running away." He said they also "destroyed evidence,
covered up a crime scene and then filed false reports about what
happened."
The U.S. Attorney rejected the notion that Ramos and Compean were
simply doing their job. He said law enforcement officers who break the law
must face the consequences just as anyone else would.
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UPDATE -JULY 2007 - The House moved to free the two Border Patrol
agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug dealer. The story can be found
here:
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What you can do:
Call the White House and ask President Bush to pardon
these two men (202) 456-1414
Write to the two agents:
Ignacio Ramos #58079-180
FCI Phoenix
37910 N. 45TH AVE.
Phoenix, AZ 85086
Jose Compean #58080180
FCI Elkton
P.O. Box 10
Lisbon, OH 44432
More information on these two agents may be found
here:
http://ramos-compean.blogspot.com/
Other stories about the injustice of imprisoning these
border patrol agents:
World Net Daily Article
Lou Dobbs Speaks out to free Ramos and Compean
YouTube Video of Lou Dobbs story on the Border Patrol
Agents
Is There More to the Story Than Meets the Eye?
Call the White House and ask President Bush to pardon
these two men (202) 456-1414
Write to the two agents:
Ignacio Ramos #58079-180
FCI Phoenix
37910 N. 45TH AVE.
Phoenix, AZ 85086
Jose Compean #58080180
FCI Elkton
P.O. Box 10
Lisbon, OH 44432
More information on these two agents may be found
here:
http://ramos-compean.blogspot.com/
Other stories about the injustice of imprisoning these
border patrol agents:
World Net Daily Article
Lou Dobbs Speaks out to free Ramos and Compean
YouTube Video of Lou Dobbs story on the Border Patrol
Agents
Is There More to the Story Than Meets the Eye?
November 15, 2007 - Osvaldo
Aldrete-Davila, the illegal alien
drug smuggler who testified for the
prosecution against the two Border
Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean,
was arrested YET AGAIN for
smuggling drugs into the USA.
Aldrete-Davila was charged with
bringing more than 750 pounds of
marijuana into the United States.
This man was a "credible witness"
against these two agents?
Aldrete-Davila, the illegal alien
drug smuggler who testified for the
prosecution against the two Border
Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean,
was arrested YET AGAIN for
smuggling drugs into the USA.
Aldrete-Davila was charged with
bringing more than 750 pounds of
marijuana into the United States.
This man was a "credible witness"
against these two agents?
Pressure mounts to pardon Border
agents
By Sara A. Carter
November 18, 2007
Top conservatives have joined ranking House leaders in
their bid to pressure the president to pardon two jailed El
Paso Border Patrol agents for the nonfatal shooting of a
Mexican drug smuggler in 2005.
The letter comes on the heels of the arrest of admitted drug
smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila on charges of trafficking
marijuana while he was profiting from the federal-immunity
deal as the star witness in the shooting case against the
agents.
"The impact of a president"s silence can have the same
dramatic and devastating results. That is why we find your
continued silence on the issue of a presidential pardon for
Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean of great
concern," it said.
Ramos and Compean are serving 11 and 12 years
respectively for the shooting incident, which occurred in
February 2005. They have served nearly a year in solitary
confinement, for their own protection because of the high
profile of their case. The pair is scheduled to appeal their
conviction on Dec. 3 before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,
in New Orleans.
The letter is one of more than a dozen attempts — including
a petition signed by nearly 400,000 people across the nation
— to reach the president. Mr. Hunter hand-delivered a
similar letter to the president Friday.
Some of the first signatures on the long list are conservative
stalwarts Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation,
David Keene of the American Conservative Union and
Morton Blackwell of the Conservative Leadership Institute.
Others include former Reagan administration official Frank
Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy and anti-feminist
activist Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum.
The signers say they "find it unacceptable that some
disillusioned Americans are being forced to conclude that
the lives of Ramos and Compean are simply what the
government has deemed an acceptable level of 'collateral
damage' for a failed border security and national
immigration policy."
Last week, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office
prosecuted the case against the Border Patrol agents,
announced the arrest of Mr. Aldrete-Davila. He was arrested
Thursday at the Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso, Texas, by
agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and of the
Department of Homeland Security.
A grand jury indictment charged the Mexican national, who
wore a bulletproof vest Friday for his arraignment, with
conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute
marijuana in September and October 2005, officials said.
Federal officials would not disclose details about Mr. Aldrete-
Davila"s arrest, about how he entered the U.S. through a
legal port of entry, or about his reason for attempting to cross
the border.
Mr. Aldrete-Davila admitted to smuggling drugs in a 2005
immunity deal in the prosecution of the Border Patrol agents"
case, but told the jury that convicted Ramos and Compean
that he had no idea he was trafficking marijuana in his van
and didn"t know how to package the drug.
He has entered hospitals in El Paso under federal escort
since the October 2006 sentencing of the former agents,
eyewitnesses close to the case told The Washington Times.
On Nov. 8, Mr. Aldrete-Davila was at a hospital in El Paso for
a pre-operative appointment for surgery, the eyewitness
source said. That source and other El Paso sources have
told The Times that the U.S. government has been paying for
his medical bills.
Federal authorities, however, denied that Mr. Aldrete-Davila
had entered the U.S. under federal escort several times for
medical treatment.
agents
By Sara A. Carter
November 18, 2007
Top conservatives have joined ranking House leaders in
their bid to pressure the president to pardon two jailed El
Paso Border Patrol agents for the nonfatal shooting of a
Mexican drug smuggler in 2005.
The letter comes on the heels of the arrest of admitted drug
smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila on charges of trafficking
marijuana while he was profiting from the federal-immunity
deal as the star witness in the shooting case against the
agents.
"The impact of a president"s silence can have the same
dramatic and devastating results. That is why we find your
continued silence on the issue of a presidential pardon for
Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean of great
concern," it said.
Ramos and Compean are serving 11 and 12 years
respectively for the shooting incident, which occurred in
February 2005. They have served nearly a year in solitary
confinement, for their own protection because of the high
profile of their case. The pair is scheduled to appeal their
conviction on Dec. 3 before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,
in New Orleans.
The letter is one of more than a dozen attempts — including
a petition signed by nearly 400,000 people across the nation
— to reach the president. Mr. Hunter hand-delivered a
similar letter to the president Friday.
Some of the first signatures on the long list are conservative
stalwarts Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation,
David Keene of the American Conservative Union and
Morton Blackwell of the Conservative Leadership Institute.
Others include former Reagan administration official Frank
Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy and anti-feminist
activist Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum.
The signers say they "find it unacceptable that some
disillusioned Americans are being forced to conclude that
the lives of Ramos and Compean are simply what the
government has deemed an acceptable level of 'collateral
damage' for a failed border security and national
immigration policy."
Last week, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office
prosecuted the case against the Border Patrol agents,
announced the arrest of Mr. Aldrete-Davila. He was arrested
Thursday at the Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso, Texas, by
agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and of the
Department of Homeland Security.
A grand jury indictment charged the Mexican national, who
wore a bulletproof vest Friday for his arraignment, with
conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute
marijuana in September and October 2005, officials said.
Federal officials would not disclose details about Mr. Aldrete-
Davila"s arrest, about how he entered the U.S. through a
legal port of entry, or about his reason for attempting to cross
the border.
Mr. Aldrete-Davila admitted to smuggling drugs in a 2005
immunity deal in the prosecution of the Border Patrol agents"
case, but told the jury that convicted Ramos and Compean
that he had no idea he was trafficking marijuana in his van
and didn"t know how to package the drug.
He has entered hospitals in El Paso under federal escort
since the October 2006 sentencing of the former agents,
eyewitnesses close to the case told The Washington Times.
On Nov. 8, Mr. Aldrete-Davila was at a hospital in El Paso for
a pre-operative appointment for surgery, the eyewitness
source said. That source and other El Paso sources have
told The Times that the U.S. government has been paying for
his medical bills.
Federal authorities, however, denied that Mr. Aldrete-Davila
had entered the U.S. under federal escort several times for
medical treatment.
House resolution wants
Ramos, Compean freed
Bi-partisan plan suggests terms be
commuted before Christmas
December 6, 2007
8:20 p.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily.com
A bi-partisan resolution is being introduced
into the House of Representatives calling
on President Bush to commute
immediately the sentences of Border Patrol
agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose
Compean, so they can be home with their
families by Christmas.
Read the rest of the article here!!!
| Eagle Photo by Doug Domedion |
April 18, 2008 - Illegal alien who was shot by border patrol agents pleads guilty to drug smuggling. Read the story here. |
Agents' case makes Rohrabacher see red
June 7, 2008
GORDON DILLOW
Register columnist
GLDillow@aol.com
Click HERE to read the story in the OC Register
The other day I ran into Orange County Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher at a Memorial Day event.
And with just two words from me, the congressman's face was suddenly wreathed in an angry red mist.
The two words were "Ramos" and "Compean."
"It's one of the most frustrating things in my career that those two guys are still in jail," Rohrabacher told me
later. "Am I angry? Sure I'm angry."
You've probably heard about this case, which has infuriated not only Rohrabacher but people across the
nation. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are the two former U.S. Border Patrol agents who are currently
serving lengthy prison sentences for shooting an illegal immigrant drug smuggler in the butt after a 2005
confrontation along the border near El Paso, Texas.
Ordinarily you wouldn't think that would be a ticket to prison. After all, the agents said they thought the guy had a
weapon, he had scuffled with and caused minor injuries to one of the agents before fleeing back to Mexico with
the bullet wound in his butt, and there was no denying that he was a drug smuggler. The van he was driving
contained 743 pounds of marijuana.
Nevertheless, West Texas U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton charged Ramos and Compean with an unjustified
shooting, and gave the drug smuggler immunity – along with a border pass and free medical treatment in a U.
S. hospital – to return from Mexico and testify against the agents. Based primarily on the drug smuggler's
testimony, a federal jury convicted Ramos and Compean of assault and civil rights and firearms violations,
after which they were sentenced to 11 and 12 years, respectively, in federal prison.
Well, I didn't attend the trial, but I have read the trial transcripts. And as I've said before in this space, it's pretty
clear to me that the convictions were bogus, the result of overzealous prosecutors and a "border town" anti-
Border Patrol mentality. At one point a federal prosecutor went so far as to argue that drug smugglers like his
star witness only do it because they are poor and need to "feed their families."
And here's the kicker. While he was under immunity to testify against the agents, the drug smuggler, Osvaldo
Aldrete-Davila, was still smuggling drugs! He was finally arrested and charged last November for the post-
shooting drug smuggling, with the case being prosecuted by the same U. S. Attorney's office that used him as
the star witness against the Border Patrol agents. He pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
Meanwhile, the former agents aren't doing easy time. Because of safety concerns – Ramos was attacked by
other inmates at one federal prison – they are held in solitary confinement, Compean in Ohio and Ramos in
Arizona, locked in their cells 23 hours a day, with severely limited phone and visitation privileges.
All of which makes Dana Rohrabacher absolutely furious.
"It's unbelievable that these men are languishing in solitary confinement" because of a "split-second decision"
in the line of duty, he says.
Since the trial, Rohrabacher has become one of the point men in the case. (Compean's sister is a
Rohrabacher constituent; she lives in Huntington Beach.) He has railed about the injustice of it at rallies and
on TV and radio shows, asked the Justice Department to review the case, co-sponsored legislation requesting
the commutation of the agents' sentences, demanded that President Bush issue a pardon and asked
presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to promise to pardon them if elected.
All to no avail. The Bush Administration says it won't even consider a pardon unless the agents admit guilt –
which the agents won't do. Rohrabacher says McCain ignored his request. And the Justice Department is
standing by the prosecution.
The agents' primary hope now is with a federal appeals court, which could issue a ruling in the case any time.
"I'd be satisfied if we could just get them out of jail," Rohrabacher says. "But for justice to be served, these two
men should be completely exonerated, be given back pay and reinstatement to their jobs, and an apology
should be given to them and their families."
Unfortunately, that full measure of justice for the agents seems unlikely. It's not as if Ramos and Compean will
ever truly get their lives back.
And even if they are freed from prison, it won't make Dana Rohrabacher -- and a lot of other people -- any less
angry that they were sent there in the first place.
To comment on the Ramos-Compean case, you can contact Rep. Rohrabacher's Washington, D.C. office
during business hours at 202-225-2415, or his Huntington Beach office at 714-960-6483.
CONTACT THE WRITER 714-796-7953 or GLDillow@aol.com.
June 7, 2008
GORDON DILLOW
Register columnist
GLDillow@aol.com
Click HERE to read the story in the OC Register
The other day I ran into Orange County Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher at a Memorial Day event.
And with just two words from me, the congressman's face was suddenly wreathed in an angry red mist.
The two words were "Ramos" and "Compean."
"It's one of the most frustrating things in my career that those two guys are still in jail," Rohrabacher told me
later. "Am I angry? Sure I'm angry."
You've probably heard about this case, which has infuriated not only Rohrabacher but people across the
nation. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are the two former U.S. Border Patrol agents who are currently
serving lengthy prison sentences for shooting an illegal immigrant drug smuggler in the butt after a 2005
confrontation along the border near El Paso, Texas.
Ordinarily you wouldn't think that would be a ticket to prison. After all, the agents said they thought the guy had a
weapon, he had scuffled with and caused minor injuries to one of the agents before fleeing back to Mexico with
the bullet wound in his butt, and there was no denying that he was a drug smuggler. The van he was driving
contained 743 pounds of marijuana.
Nevertheless, West Texas U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton charged Ramos and Compean with an unjustified
shooting, and gave the drug smuggler immunity – along with a border pass and free medical treatment in a U.
S. hospital – to return from Mexico and testify against the agents. Based primarily on the drug smuggler's
testimony, a federal jury convicted Ramos and Compean of assault and civil rights and firearms violations,
after which they were sentenced to 11 and 12 years, respectively, in federal prison.
Well, I didn't attend the trial, but I have read the trial transcripts. And as I've said before in this space, it's pretty
clear to me that the convictions were bogus, the result of overzealous prosecutors and a "border town" anti-
Border Patrol mentality. At one point a federal prosecutor went so far as to argue that drug smugglers like his
star witness only do it because they are poor and need to "feed their families."
And here's the kicker. While he was under immunity to testify against the agents, the drug smuggler, Osvaldo
Aldrete-Davila, was still smuggling drugs! He was finally arrested and charged last November for the post-
shooting drug smuggling, with the case being prosecuted by the same U. S. Attorney's office that used him as
the star witness against the Border Patrol agents. He pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
Meanwhile, the former agents aren't doing easy time. Because of safety concerns – Ramos was attacked by
other inmates at one federal prison – they are held in solitary confinement, Compean in Ohio and Ramos in
Arizona, locked in their cells 23 hours a day, with severely limited phone and visitation privileges.
All of which makes Dana Rohrabacher absolutely furious.
"It's unbelievable that these men are languishing in solitary confinement" because of a "split-second decision"
in the line of duty, he says.
Since the trial, Rohrabacher has become one of the point men in the case. (Compean's sister is a
Rohrabacher constituent; she lives in Huntington Beach.) He has railed about the injustice of it at rallies and
on TV and radio shows, asked the Justice Department to review the case, co-sponsored legislation requesting
the commutation of the agents' sentences, demanded that President Bush issue a pardon and asked
presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to promise to pardon them if elected.
All to no avail. The Bush Administration says it won't even consider a pardon unless the agents admit guilt –
which the agents won't do. Rohrabacher says McCain ignored his request. And the Justice Department is
standing by the prosecution.
The agents' primary hope now is with a federal appeals court, which could issue a ruling in the case any time.
"I'd be satisfied if we could just get them out of jail," Rohrabacher says. "But for justice to be served, these two
men should be completely exonerated, be given back pay and reinstatement to their jobs, and an apology
should be given to them and their families."
Unfortunately, that full measure of justice for the agents seems unlikely. It's not as if Ramos and Compean will
ever truly get their lives back.
And even if they are freed from prison, it won't make Dana Rohrabacher -- and a lot of other people -- any less
angry that they were sent there in the first place.
To comment on the Ramos-Compean case, you can contact Rep. Rohrabacher's Washington, D.C. office
during business hours at 202-225-2415, or his Huntington Beach office at 714-960-6483.
CONTACT THE WRITER 714-796-7953 or GLDillow@aol.com.
August 4, 2008 - World Net
Daily Reporter Calls for President
Bush to Do the Right Thing -
PARDON BORDER AGENTS!
Daily Reporter Calls for President
Bush to Do the Right Thing -
PARDON BORDER AGENTS!
Compean's wife wants heart-to-heart with Bush
"I can't change anybody's mind, but I would like that opportunity"
December 30, 2008 - By Chelsea Schilling
World Net Daily -
While another year passes without a presidential pardon for Jose Compean and
Ignacio Ramos, the families are reaching out for an 11th-hour act of compassion.
Jose Compean's wife, Patty, told WND she will not resent George W. Bush if he
leaves office without granting her husband freedom, but she would like to have a
heart-to-heart moment with the president.
"I would just sit down, introduce myself and listen to him to see where he's coming
from and what his point of view is," she said. "Then I'd ask for him to give me the
same courtesy. He'd get to see where we're coming from, and I'd get to see where
he's coming from. I can't change anybody's mind, but I would like that opportunity."
READ THE COMPLETE STORY HERE:
"I can't change anybody's mind, but I would like that opportunity"
December 30, 2008 - By Chelsea Schilling
World Net Daily -
While another year passes without a presidential pardon for Jose Compean and
Ignacio Ramos, the families are reaching out for an 11th-hour act of compassion.
Jose Compean's wife, Patty, told WND she will not resent George W. Bush if he
leaves office without granting her husband freedom, but she would like to have a
heart-to-heart moment with the president.
"I would just sit down, introduce myself and listen to him to see where he's coming
from and what his point of view is," she said. "Then I'd ask for him to give me the
same courtesy. He'd get to see where we're coming from, and I'd get to see where
he's coming from. I can't change anybody's mind, but I would like that opportunity."
READ THE COMPLETE STORY HERE:
Patty Compean (left), Monica Ramos (right). Boys on wives' laps are Compean's sons Eric Alonso and
David Antonio. Boys in back are Ramos' sons, Aaron and Ryan. Ramos' son, Jacob, and Compean's
daughter, Anna Belle, are in front. (photo: by the Ramos, Compean families)
David Antonio. Boys in back are Ramos' sons, Aaron and Ryan. Ramos' son, Jacob, and Compean's
daughter, Anna Belle, are in front. (photo: by the Ramos, Compean families)
| Two great guys were missing from this photo - but thanks to YOUR HELP they are HOME!! They will |
TODAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009. THEY ARE HOME! Thanks to ALL who
signed the petitions, and contacted the U.S. Dept. of Justice, and
wrote, called, and faxed President Bush. We are confident that
public outcry about this case is what resulted in their sentences
being commuted, and them being freed before March 20! Read about
the commutation of their sentences!
signed the petitions, and contacted the U.S. Dept. of Justice, and
wrote, called, and faxed President Bush. We are confident that
public outcry about this case is what resulted in their sentences
being commuted, and them being freed before March 20! Read about
the commutation of their sentences!
POST YOUR EMAIL FOR THE RAMOS AND CAMPEAN FAMILIES:
From: Corinna - my thoughts are with your family i was so elated to read that your husbands are
coming home, this was the biggest case of mis justice....
From: Carolyn - You are brave men, who put your lives on the line for U.S. Citizens by patrolling
the border, and you were betrayed by your own country by being imprisoned for doing what you
were hired to do. You are finally going home! Our thoughts are with you as you readjust to
freedom, and get to know your families again. Thank you President Bush, for finally doing the
right thing.
Add your email here by sending it to founder@americaiswatching.org
From: Corinna - my thoughts are with your family i was so elated to read that your husbands are
coming home, this was the biggest case of mis justice....
From: Carolyn - You are brave men, who put your lives on the line for U.S. Citizens by patrolling
the border, and you were betrayed by your own country by being imprisoned for doing what you
were hired to do. You are finally going home! Our thoughts are with you as you readjust to
freedom, and get to know your families again. Thank you President Bush, for finally doing the
right thing.
Add your email here by sending it to founder@americaiswatching.org