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Imprisoned Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean |
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Jose Compean and wife, Patti (in wheelchair) |
Ignacio Ramos and wife, Monica |
On Feb. 17, 2005, Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean shot and wounded admitted drug smuggler Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila in the buttocks after a chase near the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas. Aldrete-Davila — who was given immunity to testify against the agents — had fled in a van the agents were pursuing. The van later turned out to contain marijuana valued at nearly $1 million.
The agents were convicted on Oct. 19, 2006. Ramos was sentenced to 11 years; Compean received 12. The case is under appeal in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
On April 17, 2008, Aldrete-Davila pled guilty to smuggling marijuana between June and November 2005. |
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