WND seeks lawsuit settlement information
Case involves fleeing drug smuggler shot by border patrol

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Posted: November 29, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



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WorldNetDaily is seeking government information about a lawsuit reportedly filed against the United States by a fleeing drug smuggler who was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, whether that case was settled, and if so how much was paid out.

WND staff writer Jerome Corsi is preparing documents to submit to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting, under the federal Freedom of Information Act, "e-mails, memoranda, letters, or other documents relating to Osvalda Aldrete-Davila's obtaining of legal counsel, suing the U.S. Government, and obtaining a settlement from the U.S. Government on his legal suit involving a Feb. 17, 2005, incident involving Border Patrol Agents Ignacia Ramos and Jose Compean…"


The two officers now are serving federal prison terms of 11 and 12 years after Aldrete-Davila, under protection from the U.S. government, testified against them at trial after he was shot in the thigh by the agents as he ended a high-speed pursuit by the agents by abandoning his van and fleeing on foot back into Mexico.

The abandoned van held 750 pounds of marijuana, authorities reported.

Corsi said the request is being filed with the Department of Homeland Security as well as the Department of Justice as of tomorrow. He said his request was prompted by unanswered questions as he developed a series of stories, including today's installment, about the Ramos and Compean case.

Lawyers for the convicted agents argued in the case's appeal briefs, which WND obtained, that Aldrete-Davila had five million reasons to lie during the trial, referring to the suggestion of a $5 million lawsuit against the government.

Since the trial and imprisonment of the agents, Aldrete-Davila has been arrested for carrying into the United States a second load of marijuana, this apparently while he was using a government-issued pass to cross the border in light of his status as a witness against the agents.

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