Thread: Did Mexican Govt Influence USBP Prosecution?

Did Mexican Govt Influence USBP Prosecution?
March 27, 2007 01:00 PM EST



Two former Border Patrol agents will spend more than a decade in prison based in part on the testimony of an alleged Mexican drug smuggler, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, who was given immunity by the U.S. government for his testimony. Did the Mexican government try to pressure the U.S. to prosecute the two agents?

On March 16, Judicial Watch filed a new open records lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of State seeking documents related to the use of controversial prosecution. Among other things, we want to know what, if any, deals were brokered between the U.S. and Mexico following the shooting incident, which occurred in 2005.

You may have already heard about the plight of U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos and Joe Alonso Compean. The two agents were jailed in January 2007 after shooting and wounding Aldrete-Davis, who was allegedly attempting to smuggle 750 pounds of marijuana into the United States.

Following the incident, U.S. government officials actually traveled to Mexico to offer Aldrete-Davis immunity if he would testify against the two agents. The government also paid for his medical care. This special treatment for Aldrete-Davila has upset many Americans and more than a few members of Congress. Our open records Freedom of Information Act may shed some light on any back-room deal making with Aldrete-Davila and Mexico.

Judicial Watch’s lawsuit, filed on March 16, 2007 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, asks the court to compel the government agencies to comply with Judicial Watch’s January 24, 2007 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The agencies have thus far failed to produce any documents.

Judicial Watch Uncovers 2005 Cheroff “Implementation Memo” on Security and Prosperity Partnership

The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) is a hot topic in the news media of late, thanks to a comprehensive Judicial Watch investigation. Earlier this week I made a special appearance on G. Gordon Liddy’s radio program and some other programs to talk about new SPP documents uncovered by Judicial Watch.

The records, obtained from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Freedom of Information Act, include a September 22, 2005 Security and Prosperity “implementation memo” signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff.

It reads, in part: “The [Security and Prosperity Partnership] has, in addition to identifying a number of new action items, comprehensively rolled up most of our existing homeland security-related policy initiatives with Canada and Mexico, and ongoing action and reporting in the various U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico working groups led by DHS [Department of Homeland Security] should now be driven by a single agenda: the SPP.”

The records we uncovered also contained an information paper that describes ten “Prosperity Pillar Working Groups,” and the organization of the “US-Mexico Critical Infrastructure Protection Work Group.” Unlike other records we received from other agencies in regards to the partnership (which have been relatively complete), the Homeland Security records are heavily redacted to withhold the names of the U.S., Mexican and Canadian government officials carrying out the partnership’s agenda.

Another record reviewed and released by Homeland Security is a 10-page chart listing 36 “SPP Security High-Level Working Groups” that include the “Mexico-US Repatriation Technical WG,” the “Mexico-US Intelligence and Information Sharing WG,” and the “Canada-US Cross Border Crime Forum,” among others.

Just in case anybody had any doubt, these new records certainly prove the Security and Prosperity Partnership is being directed by officials at the very highest levels of the United States government. The partnership is a core policy initiative for many agencies in our government, including the Department of Homeland Security, and the American people need to know the details.

On March 23, 2005, heads of government Vincente Fox, George W. Bush, and Paul Martin launched the North American partnership at a meeting in Waco, Texas, with the expressed goal of “a safer, more prosperous North America.” Since then, except for some on radio and on the Internet, the SPP has marched forward with virtually no scrutiny. This is changing – as our work now brings some much needed sunlight to the SPP.

Judicial Watch Receives Documents from D.C. Police Department in Response to Illegal Immigration Policy Lawsuit

Last week, Judicial Watch received an eye-opening response to our open records lawsuit filed against Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department over the department’s illegal immigration policies and procedures. Consider this excerpt from a statement signed by the former D.C. Chief of Police Charles H. Ramsey:

“MPD [Metropolitan Police Department] policy with respect to the enforcement of civil immigration laws is very clear: MPD officers are strictly prohibited from making inquiries into citizenship or residency status for the purpose of determining whether an individual has violated the civil immigration laws or for the purpose of enforcing those laws. In other words, the MPD is not in the business of inquiring about the residency status of the people we serve and is not in the business of enforcing civil immigration laws.” This policy seems to fly in the face of federal law which clearly states that a “state, or local government or entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict” communications with the feds about an individual’s immigration status.

The newly released documents, turned over only after we filed a lawsuit to obtain them, also talk about the “limited” and infrequent support the department begrudgingly offers to federal immigration officials. Local police departments do not have a free pass to violate and undermine federal immigration law. Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department is no exception. Our nation’s capital, of all places, should not undermine federal immigration law, but rather set an example for other cities in the U.S.

The news wasn’t all bad this week. According to Virginia’s Times Community newspaper, “On Tuesday, March 13, the Herndon Town Council voted [unanimously] to make Herndon the first incorporated town in America to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to train and empower local officers to enforce federal immigration law.” (Given the developments in Herndon, perhaps the D.C. police would do well to look to their neighbors for an example.)

Judicial Watch uncovered documents about the training program, called 287(g), which embarrassed local officials in Herndon to take advantage of it. If you would like to read more, click here.

The Clinton Presidential Library: “Little Rock’s Fort Knox”

Judicial Watch is leading the effort to obtain the release of documents from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. Now that Hillary is the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and with Bill Clinton throwing his weight around the world’s stage, historical records from the first Clinton administration, including the various Clinton scandals, are as relevant as ever. The problem? A slow process caused in large measure by a Bush executive order which allows the Clintons to obstruct the release of potentially embarrassing documents.

Take a moment and read this article by Glen Thrush of New York Newsday. It talks about the legal obstacles to obtaining documents from the Clinton Presidential Library or, as Thrush calls it, “Little Rock’s Fort Knox.”

Tom Fitton is president of Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law

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The Mexican Government has been interfering in the US political process, as well as our Judicial System for decades! Isn't it about time to hold the Mexican Administration accountable for meddling in our internal affairs?

Perhaps as part of this object lesson, the US needs to cease any and all diplomatic relations with this arrogant "neighbor to our South" until Mexico finds its place in the hierarchy!

signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff.

It reads, in part: “The [Security and Prosperity Partnership] has, in addition to identifying a number of new action items, comprehensively rolled up most of our existing homeland security-related policy initiatives with Canada and Mexico, and ongoing action and reporting in the various U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico working groups led by DHS [Department of Homeland Security] should now be driven by a single agenda: the SPP.”


My God! It is like it is already a done deal and no one notified the American people! I feel sick!
Can this even be challenged by the followers of the constitution?
Is it too late? No this can't be happening.

Oh it's happenning. How to stop this steamroller is the hardest part.

Hylander_1314 wrote:

Oh it's happenning. How to stop this steamroller is the hardest part.

You can bet, now that the American public is aware of this agenda, that the process speed will be turned up a few notches.

I knew Michael Chertoff was involved in all of this mess. Homeland Security covers too many avenues to the SPP agenda.