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Border Patrol Agents Convicted

By TChris, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Mar 08, 2006 at 06:17:55 PM EST
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Two Border Patrol agents were convicted of a variety of crimes after they shot at a suspect who fled from a traffic stop. Agent Jose Alonso Compean fired several shots at the suspect but Agent Ignacio Ramos had better aim. His single shot struck the suspect in the buttocks. Campean picked up his spent shells and neither agent reported the incident.

A jury convicted the agents of assault, weapons offenses, obstruction of justice and a civil rights offense. They'll be sentenced in June, but here's the kicker:

Border Patrol officials will decide Thursday whether the two agents will be fired.

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    • Border Patrol Agents Convicted | 5 comments (5 topical)
    Re: Border Patrol Agents Convicted (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Mar 08, 2006 at 09:30:54 PM EST
    Ummm, that shouldn't be too hard of a decision.

    Re: Border Patrol Agents Convicted (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 09:42:55 AM EST
    To Whom It May concern: Anyone can make comments and judge, but no one has walked in these agents' shoes. No one was there other than these two agents. Although two of their supervisors and other numberous border patrol agents were there, but they conveniently lost their memory as to the precise occurrences. These two agents have been left out in the cold because of political climbers with the Border Patrol, including Congressmen Reyes, former Chief of the Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas.

    Re: Border Patrol Agents Convicted (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 09:44:16 AM EST
    To Whom It May concern: Anyone can make comments and judge, but no one has walked in these agents' shoes. No one was there other than these two agents. Although two of their supervisors and other numberous border patrol agents were there, but they conveniently lost their memory as to the precise occurrences. These two agents have been left out in the cold because of political climbers with the Border Patrol, including Congressmen Reyes, former Chief of the Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas.

    Re: Border Patrol Agents Convicted (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Aug 06, 2006 at 06:39:50 PM EST
    Breaking the silence Convicted border agents tell their story By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer [text deleted, please read comment rules. Please do not use this space to post the text of articles.]

    How about a bit of detail to the story.... (none / 0) (#5)
    by Beck Lomax on Thu Feb 08, 2007 at 09:46:07 PM EST
    ...just for the sake of fair and balanced journalism. The suspect had been in a fight with one of the agents. He was later found to be engaged in criminal activities - illegal entry into the US with the intent of trafficking drugs. Leave the biased reporting to the extreme right!

    Border Patrol Agents Convicted | 5 comments (5 topical)