The former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who helped organize the agency in 2003 as a part of the Department of Homeland Security, says the lengthy prison sentences handed two U.S. Border Patrol agents for shooting a fleeing drug-smuggling suspect were excessive.Note: he's unrelated to T.J. Bonner of the Border Patrol agents union.
Robert S. Bonner, a former federal judge and veteran prosecutor who also headed the U.S. Customs Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration, is the highest ranking current or former Homeland Security official to publicly criticize the prosecution and conviction of agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.
"The sentences were way too severe," Mr. Bonner told The Washington Times. "I hope that they will be substantially reduced."
Immigration2007a · Wed, 05/09/2007 - 10:36 · · Importance: 1
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