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Border Patrol agents sentenced to prison.(Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean prisoned )(Brief article)
U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were each sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for wounding a drug smuggler. The incident occurred last year when the two agents pursued the smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, who was trying to make it back across the border from the El Paso sector into Mexico. During the pursuit, Ramos, after finding a bloodied Compean lying on the ground from a struggle with Aldrete-Davila, shot at the smuggler, believing him to be armed. Aldrete-Davila got across the border to a waiting van, but, as it turned out, was wounded.
For their split-second decisions during their 15-minute pursuit of the drug smuggler, the two agents were convicted in a trial where important evidence was withheld from the jury, and where the dubious testimony of the smuggler, who was granted immunity by the U.S. government, was used against them. On October 19 of this year, Ramos was sentenced to 11 years in prison and Compean to 12 years. However, the agents have been allowed to remain free on bond until January 17, when they must report to prison.
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