The founder of the Minuteman Project says he will establish a citizen's commission to investigate the El Paso, Texas, federal attorney who, he believes, falsely prosecuted two Border Patrol agents for doing their jobs. The agents were convicted of civil rights violations, and one of them was recently beaten severely by fellow inmates at a federal prison.Two former Border Patrol agents remain incarcerated after being convicted of firing on a fleeing drug dealer, who claims he was not armed, and for allegedly failing to report the incident to their supervisors. Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist is angry that one of the agents, Ignacio Ramos, was put in a federal prison in Mississippi where he was severely beaten by several fellow inmates. Those assailants, predicts Gilchrist, will likely serve an extra 20 years in prison for what he contends was a plot to kill the former federal law enforcement officer.
“And it was attempted murder,” claims the Minuteman spokesman. “They weren't there to just tickle this guy; they were there to kill him.”
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This whole thing is really a travesty. First, boarder patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, are each sentenced to over a decade of hard time in the federal penitentiary with other common criminals. What was their grave crime? They enforced our border. Shot a fleeing drug smuggler. They did their job. Then, after learning that President Bush would not grant these brave men a pardon, we learned that their prosecution was at the bequest of the Mexican government. Bush is totally out of his mind! He is putting the agenda drug runners and a corrupt government ahead of the loyal citizens of his own country! Now, at least this story is starting to get some real coverage. Representative Dana Rohrabacher is requesting a congressional investigation into the matter, in addition the investigation being headed up by the Minuteman Project.
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