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President Trump Asked to Pardon Former Border Patrol Agents Ramos, Compean

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President Trump Asked to Pardon Former Border Patrol Agents Ramos, Compean

U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) penned a letter to President Donald Trump this week asking him to grant a pardon to former U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. The two agents were prosecuted and convicted under the administration of then-President George W. Bush after shooting a fleeing drug-smuggling illegal alien.

Ramos and Compean were prosecuted by then-U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Johnny Sutton in 2006. They were convicted and sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison. President Bush eventually responded to the grass-roots groundswell of support for the agents and commuted their…

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