Congressman: Probe Mexico's role in prosecutions

Documents show pressure on U.S. from south in cases of sheriff, border agents
Posted: February 15, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A Republican congressman is asking a Democrat colleague to hold hearings to investigate the involvement of the Mexican government in the decision to prosecute Texas Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez and Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean for shooting incidents involving illegal immigrants.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., told WND his office is writing a memo to Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., after WND's story this week disclosing the involvement of the Mexican Consulate in both cases.

"It appears we are giving more credence to directions from Mexican government officials than we are to the dictates of our own Constitution and the security of the people of the United States," Rohrabacher told WND.

The congressman said he was pleased to see the transcript of the Ramos-Compean trial finally available, some 11 months after the conclusion of the trial.

"Now that we have the transcript of the trial," Rohrabacher told WND, "the case can go to an appellate judge who can overturn Judge Kathleen Cardone's decision to imprison Ramos and Compean while they appeal the conviction."

Rohrabacher expressed anger that Ramos and Compean are currently in federal prison.