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BORDER PATROL CONTROVERSY

If you missed out on the recent controversy over the two Border Patrol agents who were arrested and convicted of shooting an illegal alien drug smuggler, below are some links that will bring you up to date. The most recent article is listed first.

Witnesses against Compean, Ramos to be fired for changing testimonies Three Border Patrol agents, who were given immunity to testify against fellow agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean in the Feb. 17, 2005, shooting of a drug-smuggling suspect as he fled across the U.S.-Mexico border, are no longer with the agency because they changed their accounts of the incident several times. Removal documents for the proposed firing of agents David Jaquez and Arturo Vasquez were issued on Jan. 29, the Ontario Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported. A third agent, Oscar Juarez, reportedly resigned from the agency last month shortly before he was to be fired. Jaquez and Vasquez have signed their termination papers and are officially dismissed as of Feb. 28....

Drug smuggler left cell phone in van The Department of Homeland Security's report on the case of imprisoned Border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean notes the drug smuggler they pursued left behind his cell phone, but there appears to be no evidence investigators made any attempt to identify him. Moreover, the disclosure directly contradicts prosecutor U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's repeated statements that there was no evidence that permitted law enforcement officers to track down the drug smuggler, Osbaldo Adrete-Davila, for prosecution....

Senate Takes Up Border Agent Case

Border-agent investigator had tie to smuggler

Border Patrol supervisors implicated by agency memo

GOP Lawmaker Warns of Impeachment in Border Agent Case

Imprisoned border agent did report shooting

Government admits lying about jailed border agents

Imprisoned border agent beaten by fellow inmates

Homeland Security memos contradict U.S. attorney

Feds 'knew smuggler' in Border Patrol case