What ?Agent Ramos conditions far worse than those experienced by suspected terrorists in the Guantanamo Bay?

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A group of congressmen is demanding an investigation into the treatment of two former Border Patrol agents in prison for shooting an admitted drug dealer near the Mexican border, saying the conditions are far worse than those of suspected terrorists being held at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, and Rep. John Culberson, Texas Republican — who have championed the fight for Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean — will deliver a letter detailing their concerns today to Attorney General-designate Michael B. Mukasey. More than three dozen House members have signed it.

Ramos is serving his sentence in a medium-security prison in the Southwest. He was transferred from the Yazoo correctional facility in Mississippi earlier this year after suspected gang members — recognizing the high-profile inmate — beat him.

He is unable to serve his sentence in a minimum-security prison camp owing to the 10-year mandatory minimum for unlawful discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. The charge is one issue in their cases under appeal in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Compean is serving out his sentence in an Ohio prison in solitary confinement.

Both men are being held in so-called special housing units (SHU) for their safety, but they are denied privileges that other inmates in the general population are afforded, said Tara Setmayer, communications director for Mr. Rohrabacher.

“The harsh conditions Agent Ramos is forced to endure in solitary is despicable,” said Ms. Setmayer, who visited Mr. Ramos last month.

Ramos has been confined to a single cell for 23 hours a day for the past 10 months — conditions far worse than those experienced by suspected terrorists in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, say the congressional representatives demanding the investigation.Page 1 of 2 next

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5 thoughts on “What ?Agent Ramos conditions far worse than those experienced by suspected terrorists in the Guantanamo Bay?”

  2. A drug smuggler was shot in the butt and 2 BP agents are doing time…
    Meantime “Scooter” walks around a free man thanks to the idiot in the Oval Office.

    Ya gotta love politics.
    Ramos and Compean should have been given medals…not jail time.

    I have a Tee-Shirt that says: “Join the Border Patrol. Protect and Serve…

    Time.”

    The whole thing was and is a crock of crap.

  3. These men should be considered heros, who cares if they made a mistake. I mean really, the mistake they made caused a drug dealer to get shot in the butt. The real crime here is the fact that a drug dealer got off clean, and got a free ticket back to the U.S. to testify aginst the officers that shot him.

  5. Where is the ACLU on this one?
    Why isn’t la raza concerned about these 2 Mexican-Americans?
    These two groups are only at the battle lines when they can contribute to the trashing of America as we know it, SHAME ON THEM!

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