Thread: Ramos/Compean may be released earlier than 3/20!

Agent Ramos' Family Reacts To Possible Earlier Release Date
El Paso Border Patrol Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos are scheduled to be free on March 20 after President George W. Bush issued a commutation. But officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons say that day may come earlier.

The two Border Patrol agents were sentenced to 11 plus years in prison for shooting and wounding an unarmed illegal immigrant drug runner.

Four years of investigation and lobbying lie on this table in Joe Loya's office. Loya is Agent Ignacio's Ramos' father-in-law who never stopped defending him. On Friday afternoon, he received news that the March 20 release date may come earlier.

"I know I've heard the rumor and we're praying. We're certainly praying and we welcome it," said Loya.

It's not a rumor, but a good possibility. As KFOX reported, Bush set March 20 as the date when he issued a commutation. On Friday, KFOX confirmed with the Federal Bureau of Prisons that Ramos and Compean may be allowed to transfer to a halfway house or into home confinement.

"If he comes home, even in home confinement, I'm sure they would welcome it and they wouldn't care if they had to stay home day and night," said Loya.

As KFOX reported, Ramos was attacked while serving time on Feb. 2007. He was targeted by illegal aliens retaliating against him for his work as a border agent. Loya says he just wants him to come home to make up for lost time.

"The little one, he's 9 years old now. He was five when this incident happened. He's missed the most beautiful years of his life without his dad," said Loya.

Ramos is serving time from a federal prison in Phoenix and Compean from the federal prison in southeast Ohio.

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Thank you for the update legalatina.

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Imprisoned El Paso Border Agents Nearing Release
Transfer To Halfway House Or Home Confinement Could Be Days Away
Scott MacFarlane

Friday, January 30, 2009 – updated: 1:40 pm MST January 30, 2009
WASHINGTON -- KFOXTV.COM has confirmed former El Paso border agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos could be transferred out of federal prison within days.

Though Compean and Ramos aren't officially scheduled for release until Mar. 20, multiple officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons said the agency could transfer the two men into a halfway house or home confinement prior to March.

Compean and Ramos, who were convicted and imprisoned in 2006 for shooting and wounding an unarmed illegal immigrant, were given a last-minute reprieve by former President George W. Bush. The former president commuted the two agents' prison sentences hours before the end of his term in office.

Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Prisons, said Bush's order requires Compean and Ramos to remain under the bureau's supervision through Mar. 20. But Billingsley said both men could be transferred out of the prisons, and into the halfway house or home confinement, at any time. Compean is being held in the federal correctional institute in Elkton, Ohio. Ramos is serving his sentence in the federal correctional facility in Phoenix.

The Bureau of Prisons said both agents would have to undergo an extensive procedure before their releases. Billingsley said, "There's a lot of paperwork before the actual release, including the arrangement of transportation. And (inmates) have to go through a receiving process for any clothing or property the bureau is holding."

Supporters of Ramos and Compean said they're eager for the men to be released as soon as possible. Court documents obtained by KFOXTV.COM show Ramos reported being attacked while serving his sentence.

Their supporters in Congress, including California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, said the two former law enforcement officers were serving time in "solitary confinement" because of threats posed by other inmates.

Report and Interview with Patty Compean

http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?s=9715503

I'm not sure our two heroes will recognize what's left of One Nation Under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I hope they don't see the present unpleasantness and ask to be sent back to solitary confinement.

Watch the video on http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/18608498/detail.html
The reporters undedited sound track is on instead of the report.

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