I'm guessing these guys had a history of trouble. Border patrol and police personnel would have covered for them otherwise. Somebody -- maybe lots of people -- wanted to get rid of them, and they provided the ammo.
Personally I don't have a problem with the idea of Border Patrol agents shooting KNOWN illegal border-crossing drug-smugglers in the back, but it doesn't sound like that's what really happened here.
I believe one of the two had been named Border Patrol "agent of the year," or some such thing. Perhaps another FReeper can elaborate.
Don't guess.
Ramos was nominated for Border Agent of the Year, which was rescinded after this incident.
You don't know that. You're just guessing, and if your guess were correct that info would have come out by now. It hasn't. They both have solid BP careers. These agents are being sacrificed for international political purposes...