Ramos and Compean Exclusive on the Glenn Beck Show

Badge of US Border Patrol

Border Patrol Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos surprised Glenn Beck with a call into his daily radio talk show yesterday, March 20, 2009.  Shortly after having his ankle bracelet removed, Ramos called Glenn to give him the news he had been waiting for, he was free from his house arrest.  The two had been given a Presidential pardon by George Bush after a huge drive by the public for the President to do so.

Ignacio Ramos

A quote from Ignacio Ramos taken from the Glenn Beck Blog reads, “Well, I wasn’t sure I heard it at first because I mean, I have the radio on   I had the radio on every day and I wasn’t sure exactly what I heard. So I had to wait until it was repeated on the radio and once they repeated it and I actually heard our names that we actually received the commutation, I just broke down. And I broke down and cried and I got down on my knees and I prayed and I thanked God.”

Jose Compean

A quote from Jose Compean taken from the Glenn Beck Blog reads, “A lot of the stuff that has been said in the judge’s chambers, a lot has been not been released. A lot of the stuff that went on in there is just — I mean, it’s absolutely disgusting really the stuff that we heard that we were told that the jury was not allowed to hear. I mean, it’s just –”

For those of you who do not know this story, it all began when the two Border Patrol agents, Ramos and Compean were pursuing an alleged illegal immigrant who they thought was a drug smuggler.  After a fight with the individual broke out and he began to flea the scene, he was allegedly shot by one of the agents.  Many believe this to be false, due to the heavy amounts of evidence that has been made public.  One of which was the ballistics test showing that the bullet fragments would not have come from either of their guns.  Unfortunately for these two this evidence was not allowed to be presented in the courts.  Many feel that this suspect was shot at a later time with the intention of using this incident for politcal reasons.  According to reports the suspect had apparently turned while fleeing the scene and appeared to have a weapon in his hand.  As would be the case with any law enforcement officer, who has received proper training, the agent felt that his life was in danger and chose to fire his weapon.  Many more details are available by doing  a Google search for Ramos and Compean.

Update:  Not only did the two call into the Glenn Beck radio talk show, but they also were interviewed on his broadcast on the Fox News Channel last night.  In the interviews we heard that the two are still having to be extremely careful of what they say to the press as they currently have a case pending in the Supreme Court to have all charges removed from their records.

Personal Note from Author: I would like to wish these two great officers all the very best and hope that they are successful with their case.  You are great Americans who have paid a huge price for doing your duties.

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