Federal Daily - January 21, 2009

Bush Commutes Sentences of Two Former Border Patrol Agents

In a last minute reprieve, outgoing President Bush has commuted the prison sentences of two former Texas Border Patrol agents. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were serving 11- and 12-year sentences, respectively, after being convicted of a range of charges related to the highly publicized Feb. 17, 2005, shooting of Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, an unarmed suspect who was fleeing the agents just north of the border near El Paso. Numerous Republican lawmakers had been calling for the release of the two men, who claimed they shot at Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, an admitted drug smuggler, in self defense. The men, who already had served several years of their sentences, will have the remainder of their sentences lifted on March 20, but still will serve three years of supervised release. To see more, go to: www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-opa-053.html.

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