Compean and Ramos Prosecution

Transcripts of the border patrol agents prosecution( read fiasco) finally available on line.
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Transcripts detail immunity deal in border agents' case

By Dave Montgomery
Star-Telegram Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Newly released transcripts from the trial of two Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug courier shed fresh details on the immunity deal negotiated by U.S. prosecutors to secure the trafficker's testimony.

Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila testified under oath that he had declined to cooperate with U.S. authorities until he was given assurances that he would not be prosecuted for driving a van loaded with 743 pounds of marijuana.

He also acknowledged during the trial last March that he was suing the government for $5 million to compensate for injuries sustained during the February 2005 shooting in far West Texas near Mexico. The disposition of that case is unclear; Aldrete-Davila's attorney, Walter L. Boyaki of El Paso, has not responded to recent phone calls.

"And you're not going to serve one day in prison for the offenses that you committed on that day?" Aldrete-Davila was asked by a defense attorney for one of the two agents. "Is that correct?"

"No. No, that was the agreement that we made," he responded.