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January 21, 2009 - Press Release from Tony Dolz for Congress Campaign
Decorated Border Patrol Agents Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Compean had their sentences commuted today by President Bush on his last day in office.
The agents were convicted of the non-crime of using a firearm while on duty as they stopped a career drug dealer from smuggling 700 pounds of narcotics into the United States.
Morale at the Border Patrol suffers. The Clinton and Bush administrations have allowed two to three million illegal aliens to violate the borders per year, some with ties to foreign governments that harbor terrorism; and in so doing have allowed the unabated $150 billion annual trafficking in narcotics and humans.
There are now 22 million illegal aliens in the country and the number keeps growing.
Over 6000 drug trafficking murders took place along the border in 2008 and there were a number of incursions into U.S. territory by Mexican military and police personnel in uniform at the employ of the drug cartels. U.S. Border Patrol and National Guard have been ordered to stand down after been confronted by Mexican military personnel inside the United States. A number of border patrol agents have been injured on duty.
Agents Ramos and Compean were penalized for doing their jobs – protecting our borders.
Corruption fueled by the immense drug and human trafficking profits runs rampant on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Trust of elected officials and law enforcement evaporated long ago.
The Washington Times this week exposed a report from the United States Joint Forces Command, a multi-discipline intelligence agency responsible for global risk assessments. The agency predicts that Mexico’s government may collapse at any moment from the corruption that has eroded every level of government. The report was penned by Marine Gen. J.N. Mattis, the USJFC commander.
Ramos and Compean became collateral damage of powerful and influential forces within the Mexican and United States government.
I would like to thank all the patriotic Americans serving in the Congress, the Senate, State government, law enforcement, men and women and in the military and millions of citizens who flooded President Bush with over 5 million faxes and letters in these last few months.
My congratulations to the brave and patriotic agents Ramos and Compean and their families.
Tony Dolz
Candidate for Congress – California
Dolz.com
http://www.dolz.com/ramoscompean.htm
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