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Congressmen support convicted border agents (1:32 p.m.)
By Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 01/09/2007 01:18:49 PM MST


Five congressmen said they would have a news conference today in Washington, D.C., to support the efforts of two former El Paso Border Patrol agents to remain free on bond while they appeal their conviction in the case of a drug smuggler who was shot in the buttocks in 2005 near Fabens.
The elected officials said they wrote a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting the Justice Department to direct federal prosecutors to not oppose a motion for bond continuance by the agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.

If a federal judge denies the motion, Ramos and Compean have to surrender on Jan. 17 to start their decade-long prison sentences.

The Congress members are Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Ted Poe, R-Texas, Walter Jones, R-N.C., Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., and Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.