Posted: 12:40 pm MST February 17,
2009Updated: 1:29 pm MST February 17,
2009
EL PASO, Texas -- KFOX TV was the first to report earlier this morning that former border patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were released from federal prison.Ramos, who has spent the last two years in the Phoenix Federal Prison, accompanied his wife and attorney through Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Ramos was released from the prison around 8 a.m. Slideshow: Ramos Leaving Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportThe two agents, who worked out of the El Paso Border Patrol Sector, have been in prison since January 2007. They were found guilty in federal count on numerous charges and each received a minimum of 10 years in prison for shooting an unarmed drug smuggler, then trying to cover it up.On former President George W. Bush's last day in office, last month, he commuted the sentences for the two former agents. Former agent Jose Compean was released from the federal prison in Ohio around 3 a.m. Tuesday.Although former agents cannot talk to the media until after their official release from federal custody on March 20, KFOX did get an exclusive interview with Ramos' wife, Monica, while they were at the airport in Phoenix.You can look for that interview and more details surrounding the release of the former agents throughout the day on KFOXTV. com, tonight at KFOX News at Six and again on KFOX News At Nine.Tell us what you think about the release of these two former Border Patrol agents below this story.
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Update: Former Border Patrol Agents Released From Federal Prison
Posted: 12:40 pm MST February 17, 2009Updated: 1:29 pm MST February 17, 2009
Slideshow: Ramos Leaving Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportThe two agents, who worked out of the El Paso Border Patrol Sector, have been in prison since January 2007. They were found guilty in federal count on numerous charges and each received a minimum of 10 years in prison for shooting an unarmed drug smuggler, then trying to cover it up.On former President George W. Bush's last day in office, last month, he commuted the sentences for the two former agents. Former agent Jose Compean was released from the federal prison in Ohio around 3 a.m. Tuesday.Although former agents cannot talk to the media until after their official release from federal custody on March 20, KFOX did get an exclusive interview with Ramos' wife, Monica, while they were at the airport in Phoenix.You can look for that interview and more details surrounding the release of the former agents throughout the day on KFOXTV. com, tonight at KFOX News at Six and again on KFOX News At Nine.Tell us what you think about the release of these two former Border Patrol agents below this story.
Copyright 2009 by KFOXTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.