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Of course this won’t matter to the militant border security/immigration crowd as they think being a SUSPECTED illegal alien in the US is reason enough to have their heads blown off on site.

I say suspected because at the time of the shoot R nor C knew the perp was a drug mule, not even an illegal. The van was properly registered. They were just pissed off that he got away so Compean thought he would “make him dance” to show him a little what fer. Ramos arrives hearing the gunshots and thinks they are in a fire fight (although this could be suspect since only one gun was firing and Ramos knows the sound of their issued Beretta .40s), he sees Compean one one knee in firing posture, reloading and shooting again, and he drops the perp with one shot.

Poor Ramos. Went along with the cover up to help Compean keep his job and ends up in jail. But that was his decision and he has to sleep in the bed he made.

I say suspected because at the time of the shoot R nor C knew the perp was a drug mule, not even an illegal. The van was properly registered.

Making up shit again aren't you? The vehicle was sold to a Mexican national by an El Paso dealer. Therefore the Texas plates were illegal. And for not being anything worth catching, the nearly total contingent of the Fabens station was sure interested in something about Davila and his van. Innocent people don't run from border patrol agents. Plus, they wouldn't know anything for sure about Davila until they caught him. This whole event was not made up whole cloth for you to call the border patrol agents idiots. They had good cause to do what they did in the chase despite the monday morning quarterbacking by a prosecution bent on winning. And Ramos had no reason to be pissed off that Davila got away. Plus, I really doubt you have any expertise in the sound of pistol fire. Agents wear ear protection when they fire their pistols and the discharges are not from 50 yards away and on the other side of a levee. And Beretta 40 cals are not the exclusive property of the border patrol and even if they were, officers sometimes get shot by their own pistols when someone takes them away. I do not think that Ramos has X-ray vision so that he could ascertain who shot what at whom. But I do know that Ramos did not testify that he saw Compean on one knee reloading and shooting again. Compean testified he never fired from the second magazine, and Juarez lied about seeing Compean shooting from the second magazine at the top of the levee and fully upright. So stop lying.

Finally, here is source.

Hired by Ramos, detective says he tracked suspect through vehicle

Bonilla said he quickly tracked the vehicle to Jesus Beltran, an El Paso self-employed construction worker who buys and sells used cars to supplement his income. Then Beltran examined photos of the van provided by Bonilla, as well as wrecking company towing records, and identified it as one he purchased in 2004 from an El Paso wrecking lot.

He registered it under his name and kept it for five months, then sold it to a friend in Juarez, Mexico, for $1,300. The Texas plates on the car at the time of the Feb. 17, 2005, drug incident were registered to Beltran.

Oh, and here is Texas code on the plates.

Texas Administrative Code

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TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 1	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 15	DRIVER LICENSE RULES
SUBCHAPTER C	EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
RULE §15.54	Vehicle Inspection

(D) Nationals of Canada or Mexico. Nationals of Canada or Mexico may operate their passenger vehicles displaying current registration plates issued by their respective countries, provided such nationals are tourists. Nationals of Mexico who are employed in Texas and return to Mexico may operate their passenger vehicles with current Mexico registration plates.