Compean, Ramos, and a third border patrol agent noticed a suspicious looking van near a levee outside of the border town of Fabens, Texas on February 17, 2006. They began to follow the suspicious van and unknown driver. The driver of the van panicked and stopped the van on top of the levee, disembarked, and scrambled for the opposite side of the river. The border patrol agents called out for the driver to stop or suffer the consequences. The fleeing driver stood momentarily, turned and pointed what looked like a gun at the agents. Ramos called out again, fired one shot toward the moving target, and believed he had missed the driver as he fled because they all watched the driver continue to flee, then jump into another van that was waiting to pick him up. At that time they had no idea there were 800 pounds of marijuana inside the original van driven by Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila. (www.wnd.com)

The United States government paid for the medical treatment of the injured and fleeing Aldrete-Davila giving him full immunity from prosecution for the confiscated 800 pounds of marijuana found in his van and/or conspiracy/intent to sell drugs in the United States prior to filing charges against Complean and Ramos. Complean and Ramos were confounded by this development. The two border patrol agents proceeded to trial by jury and we later found guilty as charged much to the chagrin of those who followed these proceedings. (www.wnd.com )

Yesterday marked the last day of freedom for quite some time for Complean and Ramos, who believed they were merely doing their jobs. Jose Compean will serve 12 years and Ignacio Ramos will serve 11 years and one day for using potentially deadly force to subdue a fleeing criminal in the commission of a felony drug crime. The attorney for Complean and Ramos asked for those charges to be dropped based on information given down by three jurors that stated they were coerced into a guilty verdict in this case.

According to the web site www.legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com I offer the following definition for jury tampering.

jury tampering n. the crime of attempting to influence a jury through any means other than presenting evidence and argument in court, including conversations about the case outside the court, offering bribes, making threats, or asking acquaintances to intercede with a juror. (See: jury, subornation of perjury)

If in fact these jurors were tampered with and that can be proven this case may be considered a mistrial and the defendants could be set free. Don’t you think this should at least be investigated? I do. Contrary to what appears to be prudent in this situation nothing has been done to either prove or disprove jury tampering and the men charged in this case will begin serving their lengthy terms today.

Many members of congress lobbied to no avail the Bush Administration to pardon these two men because they were, in fact, doing their jobs. What kind of message does this send to the drug dealers from Mexico or other countries? Why did our legal system let the drug dealer off scott free while these two men get hung out to dry? If you believe this was the wrong message and the wrong people were charged in this case please call or write your local congress people inviting them to place pressure on the Bush Administration to pardon these innocent men!

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