Attorney makes many enemies

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, a longtime ally of President Bush, is being targeted by lawmakers and others across the country because of his successful prosecution of three U.S. Border Patrol agents and a deputy sheriff on charges of violating the civil rights of illegal aliens. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, April 13, 2007

Arrest prompts Border Patrol case questions

An arrest in a drug case involving thousands of pounds of marijuana brought from Mexico into the U.S. is raising anew questions about the prosecution of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who shot at a fleeing drug smuggler in a confrontation in 2005, then were convicted for that shooting and now are serving prison terms of 11 and 12 years. WorldNetDaily.com, April 5, 2007

Open Letter To President Bush

I am glad to see that you fired some U.S. Attorneys. But you missed one: U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, who prosecuted Border Guards Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean instead of a professional drug smuggler, and who prosecuted Texas Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez instead of a professional people smuggler. Phyllis Schlafly column, 4-04-07

OTMs From 148 Countries Illegally Crossed America's Borders Last Year

OTMs (Other than Mexicans) pose a threat because they come from countries with high terrorist activity such as Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon and because they might be violent fugitives fleeing from law enforcement officials. For example, border agents caught number 17 on Mexico’s most wanted list last year. Also, a brutal gang from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, MS -13, has members terrorizing citizens across California and citizens in 32 other states. 10News.com, 2-17-07.

Illegals to sue imprisoned deputy sheriff

Mexicans say civil rights violated when injured during escape from officer

In a case eerily reminiscent of the controversial jailing of Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos while the illegal-alien drug-smuggler they wounded went free, two illegal aliens are now suing imprisoned Texas Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez for injuries from shell fragments that struck them as the officer shot at the tires of a van in which they escaped from a routine traffic stop. By Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily.com, March 24, 2007.

Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes

Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border — until at least their sixth arrest. Houston Chronicle, March 23, 2007

Mexican Hit Team Gets Another Cop

Texas Sheriff Goes To Prison

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- March 19

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Corsi co-hosts Liddy show on border agents today

It will be an all-star lineup today when U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrbacher, R-Calif., Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., join National Border Patrol Council chief T.J. Bonner, Rocksprings, Texas, Sheriff Don Letsinger, Andy Ramirez of Friends of the Border Patrol and others for a three-hour discussion on the court cases against former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. WorldNetDaily.com, March 7, 2007

Bush in a quandary over border agents' case

WASHINGTON — For weeks, defenders of the two former Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a Mexican drug trafficker have bombarded the White House with calls, e-mails and petitions.
Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau, March 3, 2007

Feds Push Border Patrol Over The Borderline

Their task of securing our nation's borders is perilous. They do not need the additional stress of being concerned about being persecuted by the very government they protect. Yet, there is more and more evidence that persecute seems to be an appropriate description for what is happening to Border Patrol Agents (BPA) along the U.S.-Mexican border.
By: Michael P. Tremoglie, The Bulletin, 03/02/2007