But will Compean and Ramos be acquitted?
The drug smuggler who was allowed immunity to testify(!) against the two border patrol agents who shot at him in order to stop him from fleeing is now facing federal charges (via Hot Air):
More than two years after being shot and wounded by a pair of U.S. Border Patrol agents later convicted in the shooting, an admitted Mexican drug smuggler faces federal charges, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said.The scummy drug dealer even smuggled more drugs while being allowed over to testify:
Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who was shot in the buttocks in February 2005 after fleeing from border agents during an attempted smuggling attempt, has been indicted on charges of smuggling marijuana in September and October of that year.
Aldrete was arrested Thursday at an El Paso border crossing on charges of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, conspiracy to import a controlled substance and conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
The agents, Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos, were convicted last year of shooting Aldrete and lying about it. Both were sentenced to more than a decade in prison.
Aldrete is scheduled to appear in federal court in El Paso today.
“For more than a year, critics of the prosecution ... have complained that Aldrete, the fleeing, unarmed drug smuggler they shot, should have been prosecuted for drug smuggling,” Sutton said in a written statement. “I have repeatedly said that if we obtain sufficient competent and admissible evidence against Aldrete, we would prosecute him.”
Aldrete now faces two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute.If there's anything not known to me, it's whether or not Compean and Ramos have been acquitted and released from prison. They should not be kept in prison another day, and should be let out ASAP.
The alleged offenses happened between June 1, 2005 and Nov. 30, 2005, which is when the government gave Aldrete a pass to enter and exit the country unsupervised, primarily to get medical treatment for his bullet wound.
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