In February 2005 BP agents Ramos and Compean were on routine patrol down in Fabens, Texas along the border. A drug smuggler was detected — well, they didn’t know he was smuggling drugs yet. A border breach was detected by Compean, he radioed it in. They gave chase to a van, started to speed back toward the border. The individual, which is Aldrete Davila, he abandoned the van and decided to head for the border on foot. At the time other border patrol agents joined the pursuit and the drug smuggler confronted Compean on the other side of a drainage ditch on his way back to Mexico. At the time Compean tried to arrest him, he tried to apprehend him, they got into a scuffle and shots were fired. In the meantime Ramos is climbing down this drainage ditch to assist his fellow border agent. He hears shots fired. As he emerges, he sees Compean on the ground, he sees a drug smuggler running away. He shoots at him. He thinks he has a gun. He doesn’t know what’s happening. He shoots at him. He hits him, but he doesn’t know he hit him because the guy kept running and escapes back to Mexico, where on the other side of the border there were other people waiting to pick him up and take him away.
As they walk back, they noticed that inside this van is a million dollars worth of marijuana, about 750 pounds. So other agents are on scene including two supervisors. The mistake they made, they did not orally report the shooting.
GLENN: But it’s important at this point of the story to know that supervisors were on the scene.
SETMAYER: Yes.
GLENN: Others were there. It is almost a loophole there that they nailed them on and said, well, they didn’t report the shooting. The idea was they didn’t need to report the shooting. People were on the scene.
SETMAYER: That’s right. And border patrol regulations state that they’re only supposed to orally report it. That supervisor is supposed to file a written report. So this is a policy violation. It’s not criminal. Well, three weeks go by. They catalog the drugs. You know, the guy absconded, he escaped to New Mexico. You know, routine day on the border so one would think. Anyone who knows or is familiar with what’s going on in the southern border, it’s a war zone there. So the fact that they weren’t shot is actually a good thing.
A few weeks go by and we find out that the Department of Homeland Security has opened up an internal affairs investigation because the drug smuggler that they shot grew up with a border patrol agent in Arizona. The incident happened in Texas. Their families talk and they find out that Aldrete Davila has been shot by a border agent. So this agent in Arizona takes it upon himself to research what’s going on, look for the shooting report.
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Out of Respect for Glenn & all the hard work he & his investigative team have done on this, I will not copy & paste this entire story here on my site. Please go here for the complete story.
To those of you who read my site, I implore you to go to Glenn’s site & read this story, as well as listen to the audio. There have been few stories that I think are as important for EVERY American to be aware of, as this one.
I have a sick feeling that this conviction, & the decision of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold four of the convictions against Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, including those that resulted in their lengthy sentence is nothing more than a Political move in an election year; & that somewhere down the line we will find out that these to Border Patrol agents have been the victim of a sort of game of political “Hot Potato” to eventually avoid offending the open borders latino voters.
Whatever the motivation was, it’s becoming clear that this case stinks like SHIT, period.. The two agents are in solitary confinement, (for their own protection) & can only come out of their cell one hour a day from what I understand. Doesn’t sound like their mental health would be “protected” under those circumstances.
If this stands, we will be effectively declaring open season on Border Guards, & rendering them virtually defenseless & understandably reluctant to do their job. Perhaps that’s what was behind this horrible judgment, & the withholding of evidence from the Jury in this case. These sentences should never have been handed down, & be pardoned by Bush at the very least.
It’s time to light up the phones & fill the e-mail boxes of your Congressmen. We cannot let two good men rot in jail, & write them off as dispensable collateral damage in a political war over immigration policy. They are Americans, not American politicians. After seeing what has been done to them, I will certainly always draw a distinction from this day forward.
From Fox News:
Danielle Bologna was widowed on June 22 when Edwin Ramos, 21, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, allegedly gunned down her husband, Anthony, and two sons, Matthew and Michael, in a road rage incident when her family was returning from a picnic.
Ramos has been charged with three counts of murder in the case, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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My question is how many legal citizens will have to be murdered before this country adopts a zero tolerance policy towards illegal immigrants? Matthew Bologna was a mere 16 years old when he was murdered by this man who didn’t belong here in the first place.
Will it take for a prominent politician to lose a family member to the murderous hand of an illegal immigrant for us to see action? It sure is beginning to seem that way.
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — A suspected illegal immigrant has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later gave birth in eastern Idaho.
The girl gave birth less than two weeks ago by caesarian section at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Fremont County Sheriff Ralph C. Davis and other authorities said. Officials would not disclose the gender, date of birth or paternity of the baby.
Uhuh.. Yep, doing those jobs that we United States citizens won’t do.. Like raping little girls & getting them pregnant.. How’s that border fence doing anyway? ~Dan Lee
SAN DIEGO - The Border Patrol says it found a metal wire strung between two border fences in San Diego in an apparent effort to inflict serious injury or even death to its agents.
The agency said the wire would be about four feet high if someone pulled on it from the Mexican side, & would be high enough to strike an officer on all-terrain vehicle in the neck, possibly severing his head.
The border patrol has been under increasing attack by would be illegal immigrants trying to cross into the US from Mexico. Full Story Here
Let’s see what Open Border Advocate, & John McCain staffer Juan Hernandez has to say about these deadly booby trapping folks who he claims are “not criminals”. Gee I don’t know Juan, I think trying to lop the heads of of border patrol agents with deviously placed piano wire might be considered illegal, don’t you? Make sure you have your high boots on, & a clothes-pin on your nose before you watch this video. I cannot be held responsible for any nausea or vomiting that may occur as a result of watching this phony patronizing liar insult your intelligence. Meanwhile the reckloose Bush Administration is inexplicably trying to give 1.5 Billion dollars of our Taxpayer dollars to Mexico to secure THEIR southern border with South America. ~Dan Lee
According to a news report in the Portsmouth N.H. Herald, the Clinton campaign skipped town without paying for Rental of Real Estate used during Hillary Clinton’s campaign there, & then made good on it after one of them (Terry Bennett) chased the Campaign for the money. Bennett feels he had to contact the media to get the campaigns attention. That Renter has decided to donate his $500 check to the Obama Campaign in apparent protest.
Still another service provider to the Clinton Campaign claims he is owed over $7,000.00, & has not received a promised check on time.
When Bennett’s story came out, other people contacted the Herald about unpaid bills from the Clinton campaign. Iowa resident Richard Reese is the owner of Top Job Services Inc., a cleaning service in Des Moines. His company was hired in November of last year, prior to the Iowa caucuses, to clean the Clinton campaign headquarters on a regular basis.
Reese provided the Herald with invoices and said he had not seen one penny of the $7,561.70 he is owed. As of Wednesday, he still hadn’t received his money. (02/13/08)
“I got a call on Sunday from the Clinton campaign who said they were putting the money in a two-day envelope,” said Reese. “Today is Wednesday, and I already got the mail, but there’s no check.”
My guess is a lot of white women & Hispanics own rental property around the country. This is a demographic Hillary would need if she were by some miracle be to overcome the shellacking Obama put on her over the weekend. Better not stiff them for the rent Hillary!
OR! Could this be another clever sympathy ploy? Please, no more tears..
Last month I warned Hillary to get out while the gettin’ was still good, because the Obama train was bearing down on her fast, but NOOOOOOOooooo, she wouldn’t listen. Now her political career will be pretty much over.. More proof that there is a God.
Update:
Cnn reports that for the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Barack Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.
Also, Hillary made excuses for her losses, one of which I found to be pretty, well umm.. racist sounding; “Caucus states, the former first lady says, are undemocratic and cater only to party activists. Southern states, like Louisiana, have “a very strong and very proud African-American electorate,” naturally predisposed to favor a black candidate.”
That’s an interesting view for Mrs. Clinton to put forth at this juncture. I would have thought she would have learned her lesson from her stupid MLK remarks..
America hates sore losers.. Stick a fork in it, the Clinton years are done.
~Dan Lee
So before the ink is even dry on the sham of a stimulus package here in the states, President Bush is working on a back room deal with Mexico for a stimulus package for them called the “Merida Initiative“, at YOUR expense. If that’s not bad enough, they are (get this) going to HELP MEXICO FUND THE SECURING OF THEIR SOUTHERN BORDER, to keep illegals out from South America.
I mean I hardly know what to say here. This is a complete betrayal of U.S. citizens by our government, who cannot even provide security on our own border. It is the outrage of outrages, & underscores the claim of many Conservatives (including myself) that the Republican Party has almost completely lost it’s mind.
To achieve this, the President has requested the following: (well under the radar mind you)
To achieve these goals, President Bush has requested $550 million as part of a multi-year program to provide:
* Non-intrusive inspection equipment, ion scanners, canine units for Mexican customs, for the new federal police and for the military to interdict trafficked drugs, arms, cash and persons.
* Technologies to improve and secure communications systems to support collecting information as well as ensuring that vital information is accessible for criminal law enforcement.
* Technical advice and training to strengthen the institutions of justice – vetting for the new police force, case management software to track investigations through the system to trial, new offices of citizen complaints and professional responsibility, and establishing witness protection programs.
* Helicopters and surveillance aircraft to support interdiction activities and rapid operational response of law enforcement agencies in Mexico.
* Initial funding for security cooperation with Central America that responds directly to Central American leaders’ concerns over gangs, drugs, and arms articulated during July SICA meetings and the SICA Security Strategy.
* Includes equipment and assets to support counterpart security agencies inspecting and interdicting drugs, trafficked goods, people and other contraband as well as equipment, training and community action programs in Central American countries to implement anti-gang measures and expand the reach of these measures in the region.
Meanwhile, we are having our men, women, children & even police officer assaulted or murdered on our own soil, by illegal aliens who keep running through that space ON OUR BORDER where they haven’t finished the border fence yet. Is anyone else feeling like there’s flaming blood spurting out of their eyes as they read this? It’s just unbelievable. Go ahead & vote for McCain & his “spanish outreach director” Juan Hernadez. Their great conspiracy to destroy America as we know it, is finally coming together. All that’s left to do is for Bush to pass the shamnesty torch to McCain. ~Dan Lee
Who was Dustin Inman? [From The Dustin Inman Society] Dustin Inman is one of the un-counted thousands of Americans who have needlessly lost their lives because government in America refuses to secure American borders or enforce American immigration and employment laws.
Dustin Inman was a sixteen-year-old American boy killed by an illegal alien in a senseless traffic collision on Father’s Day weekend five years ago.
He was on his way to a weekend of fishing in the North Georgia mountains with his parents.
Despite being in the United States illegally, the driver of the car that killed Dustin, Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez, was able to obtain a valid North Carolina driver’s license using his Mexican birth certificate and a Mexican Matricula Consular ID card.
Now it’s no secret that illegal immigration is largely supported by Democrats, & has been (at best) passed around like a hot potato, by Republican candidates & pols as well. Well now we’ve reached critical mass in the United states, as thousands of people each year are dying at the hands of illegals.
I have to hand it to the Inman’s for putting together one of the most comprehensive informational sites on illegal immmigration, & it’s grisly costs to our nation that I’ve ever seen. Please take the time to check out this site, complete with daily up to date statistics on how many illegals have crossed our borders since Jan of this year, & more. Illegal aliens murder 12 Americans daily & the Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan for that year alone.
We have a war within our own borders, & thanks to special interest groups & cowardly politicians, we’re losing that war & seeing United States natives murdered by Illegals at a completely horrifying rate. It’s time to vote those cowards out of office who support Illegal Immigration, or stand by doing nothing while our own people are slaughtered needlessly by those who violate our nation’s laws, & invade us like a deadly plague by the thousands each year. Illegal Immigration is a hot topic this election year, & so it should be. Remember Dustin & the thousands of other innocent victims & families when you vote in 2008. ~ Dan Lee
