Mexico's Role in Border Agents Case Still in Question By Fred Lucas
A House panel Tuesday tried to determine whether the Mexican government had played any role in the politically explosive prosecution to two U.S. Border Patrol agents but was not able to reach any conclusions due to the absence of Justice Department and Homeland Security officials from the hearing.
Only State Department officials responded to invitations from a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee probing the prosecution of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison respectively for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler near the international border and covering it up.
The case has sparked a national outrage, largely because federal prosecutors sought out the wounded man, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, in Mexico, then offered him immunity in exchange for his testimony in court against the agents.
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