A sign marks the flood plain along the Rio Grande where drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was a shooting victim involving former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean in 2005.


Was this situation handled appropriately?

I don't know what to think. It's a complex situation that has no easy answers. 5 %

The border patrol officers should not have been punished at all. They were just doing their job. 76 %

The border patrol officers should have been punished, but more than 10 years in prison was much too steep. 14 %

The border patrol officers overstepped their duty and got a reasonable punishment for the crime. 6 %

Total number of votes 124

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