Posted by
Will Malven on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:13:57 AM
February 8, 2007
It was revealed by DHS Inspector General Robert Skinner yesterday in testimony before Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the House Appropriations Committee that the claim by DHS deputies that Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean rogue cops “out to shoot Mexicans,” was entirely false.
DHS finally released a heavily redacted copy of the report on the prosecutions of the Border Patrol agents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX). The report was originally promised to Congress more than four months ago but DHS was apparently stonewalling on releasing the report which reveals the false nature of the allegations.
DHS Deputies met with Poe, John Culberson (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Kenny Merchant (R-TX) back on September 26 and assured them that the report would confirm the guilt of the two agents. Inspector General Skinner, along with Assistant Inspector General Elizabeth M. Redman and two other investigators made those assuranced and promised that the report would be released the day after the sentencing of the two agents. Sentencing occurred on October 23, 2006.
The transcript of the trial has not yet been released.
WorldNetDaily reports that Ramos’ wife Monica is asking some unanswered questions, among which is:
“How does anybody know that Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila was unarmed? He escaped into Mexico before anyone could catch him. If he had a concealed weapon, now nobody will ever know, regardless what U.S. Attorney Sutton charges.”
Congressman Culberson has called for the resignation of all four of the top DHS investigators in the case for lying to the Texas delegation in that September 26th meeting saying, “You lied to me, you lied to all of us.”
Both Ramos and Compean have been accused and convicted based on five major claims by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton of El Paso and the DHS investigators.
Ramos and Compean admitted in questioning that they knew that drug smuggler Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila was unarmed at the time they shot him. Both men deny they ever made that admission or that they knew he was unarmed.
The men confessed that they did not believe the suspect was a threat to them at the time of the shooting.
Ramos and Compean stated that day that they wanted to shoot a Mexican.
The agents were belligerent to investigators. Boy, now that’s a crime worthy of a 20 year sentence by itself.
The two agents destroyed evidence and lied about the incident.
The report released yesterday calls all of these claims into serious question. It appears that there was an agenda behind this investigation. One has to wonder if perhaps money isn’t involved in this whole sordid affair. Have DHS officials been paid off or are they just incompetent? Was the U.S. Attorney from El Paso seeking to send a message to other Border Control Agents with this prosecution/persecution, or was money involved in his efforts as well? It appears that these and alot of other questions will be answered in the near future.
Dianne Feinstein is calling for and Chairman Patrick Leahy has agreed to conduct an investigation into this case. It appears the at least one investigation will be conducted in the House as well.
Dana Rohrbacher issued a warning to the President following the assault on Ramos by inmates Saturday stating,
“I tell you, Mr. President, if these men – especially after this assault – are murdered in prison, if one of them lose their lives, there’s going to be some sort of impeachment talk in Capitol Hill.”
This President’s obsession and that of his administration with kowtowing to the backers of illegal immigration is the biggest disgrace of his term. He is willfully ignoring a potentially deadly threat from terrorists and the real damage these illegal aliens are doing to our society and our economy.
He has willfully and knowingly refused to make any substantive move to curb illegal immigration without attaching some sort of amnesty provision, virtually rendering any such enforcement effort pointless. I am a supporter of President Bush on many fronts, but he has been absolutely negligent in his response to this continuing and growing problem and the actions of his DHS have been excessive, abusive, and only partially successful.
This President had better listen to his constituents on this issue or he may find himself facing worse than a Democrat led impeachment movement. Back in March of 2005 when I began this blog, I almost stated that I would call for the impeachment of President Bush if a single terrorist attack occurred due to his negligent attitude concerning illegal immigration. I backed off because I still hoped that he would come to his senses on this vital issue. He has not, so I now make that statement.
Like Rohrbacher, I too will call for impeachment if either of these two eventualities occurs.
Mr. President, get off you behind and do something about the border and release these two wrongly convicted heroes!