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Yes, Sutton gave the smuggler full immunity for his illegal activities in exchange for the smuggler’s testimony against the agents. This action of U.S. Attorney Sutton, however, took a concerted effort on his part to find the smuggler in Mexico. After tracking him down, Sutton not only let the smuggler off the hook for the drugs, but also he provided the smuggler with an all access pass into the United States for interviews by attorneys.

The free pass granted to the smuggler may sound harmless enough, but on one of the smuggler’s trips across the border for interviews, the smuggler once again smuggled illegal drugs. This little tid-bit of information was not released during the trial of the Border Patrol agents, however, as it might taint the smuggler’s testimony. Furthermore, the judge decided to place a gag order on all parties because the smuggler had stated that he and his friends considered hosting a “hunting party” to shoot Border Patrol agents!

Could this be anymore disturbing or outrageous?