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Friday Night Dinner Meeting October 2, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Featuring: Former Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos with his father-in-law Joe Loya & San Diego Radio Talk Show Host Rick Amato (KCBQ 1170 AM) Location: Temeku Hills Clubhouse (www.temekuhills.com) 41687 Temeku Drive, Temecula, CA 92591 RSVP at the link provided.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – About a dozen people met at a Rancho Santa Margarita corner this morning to honor a border patrol agent killed in July and to voice their objections to illegal immigration. At a vigil at Avenida Empresa and Avenida de Las Banderas, Orange County residents held candles, American flags and signs that said "Stop Illegal Immigration" and "Where's the outrage" with a picture of slain border patrol agent Robert Rosas.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA A Mission Viejo man who said he witnessed the killing of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas last month plans to host a vigil for him Friday before a health care town hall meeting. Minuteman Britt Craig, a 60-year-old who splits his time between his Mission Viejo home and the Campo border, is possibly the only civilian to have witnessed Rosas' fatal shooting on July 23. Craig is asking the public to join him with American flags, candles and signs from 6 to 7 a.m. at 29947 Avenida de Las Banderas in Rancho Santa Margarita. That's where Congressman...

The Border Patrol has beefed up its operations in San Diego in response to the death of an agent last month. The agent, Robert Rosas, was killed while patrolling the border in Campo. Border Patrol spokesman Julius Alatorre said the new operation called "Stronghold" means more agents have been assigned to San Diego County.

CAMPO, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A manhunt for the killers of a U.S. border patrol agent in Campo, Calif., has been beefed up with more reward money, border patrol officials said.

"Everyone does it," the agent, now in prison, recalls telling himself. "To get drugs into the United States ...you need to corrupt is the American authority, the American customs, the American police — not the Mexican," the Mexican president said. ". ......Sheriff Conrado Cantu....With his thick mustache, ample belly and Western hat, Cantu was a ..natural in the political machine of Cameron County,.... Cantu rose from constable to sheriff, a job he later acknowledged he was unqualified to hold. In 2005, he pleaded guilty to federal charges of running a criminal enterprise involved in extortion, drug trafficking and bribery. Court...

I believe that too many citizens — among them certain specific segments of the media and some politicians — lack respect for both our borders and for our nation’s Border Patrol Agents. There is a collective blindness to the realities of what our Border Patrol Agents face at the borders, both South and North. To paraphrase myself, our borders and our Border Patrol Agents get no respect. About 4,000 people packed a memorial service for Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, who was shot and killed at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Photo courtesy of Brad J. Mellon,...

Federal officials added a quarter-million dollars to the already enormous FBI reward for information leading to the killer(s) of Agent Robert Rosas. Rosas's body was found on the night of July 23 near Campo. The 30-year-old agent was killed while responding alone to a suspected border incursion near Campo. He was shot in the head and body, said Keith Slotter, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego bureau. The $250,000 reward offered Thursday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection is in addition to the $100,000 put up by the FBI last month. Both rewards are for the arrest...

There is growing skepticism that the Mexican government has the right people. We have also heard from reliable sources that the murder was done in retaliation for a stopped drug load the week prior, when they tried to run a truck through the border fence. See : Saturday, July 18, 2009 Campo Minutemen Thwart Drug Smugglers: http://www.campominutemen.com/reports/2009_07_01_archive.aspx Which means someone illegally entered the United States, assassinated an officer of the Federal Government and Obama has said nothing. He sent the Navy Seals to kill pirates in order to save Americans and Bill Clinton to North Korea to have Journalists, but...

The weathered face and dusty garb gazed at the white metal cross stretching toward the blue-desert sky. "This should not have happened," explained Britt Craig, a Minuteman who shares his time between his home in Mission Viejo and his calling, Campo. The newly erected cross marks the spot where, officials say, a smuggling suspect gunned down Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas more than a week ago.

SAN DIEGO — The FBI is offering $10,000 for help finding the gun of a Border Patrol agent who was slain last week in a rugged area outside San Diego. The FBI says Rosas carried a black Heckler & Koch P2000, a .40-caliber gun. Mexican authorities have detained five men in connection with the case. They say one of them — 36-year-old Ernesto Parra Valenzuela — carried a 9 mm pistol when he was captured.

SAN DIEGO -- Memorial Services for fallen Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas will take place Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told 10News Monday. The services will take place on Friday, July 31, 2009, at 9:00 a.m., at Southwest High School, located at 2001 Ocotillo Drive, El Centro, California. Rosas, a 30-year-old father of two, was tracking a group of suspected illegal immigrants at about 9:15 p.m. near Campo Thursday when he came under fire near the border.

Only 26 comments on the new DHS blog site, re: Agent Rosas' murder?? ADD YOUR COMMENT, PLEASE! THIS SITE SHOULD BE OVERFLOWING WITH THE WORDS OF ANGRY AMERICANS!!!

Authorities in Baja California, Mexico have arrested 4 men in connection with the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas. According to Mexican federal police , the four were taken into custody while in the act of attempting to smuggle 21 immigrants. During questioning , one of the suspects identified Ernesto Parra Valenzuela as the triggerman. Parra Valenzuela was arrested Friday near the area where the shooting of Rosas took place. Rosas was shot multiple times while on duty in the rugged area near Campo , California on Thursday night. Rosas, who lived in the Imperial Valley , was...

U.S. and Mexican officials say they have launched a manhunt for the killer of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, who was shot and killed 60 miles east of San Diego. Officials said Robert Rosas, 30, was slain by one or more assailants after responding to a reported incursion along a steel border fence near the rural town of Campo, Calif., in eastern San Diego County, the Los Angeles Times reported.

<p>Three people in connection with the Thursday killing of a Border Patrol agent in San Diego County were arrested at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose Friday.</p> <p>Agents with the Department of Homeland Security surrounded the hospital and arrested two men and one woman.</p>

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton of Austin, who is the top federal prosecutor for a 68-county swath of central, south and west Texas, told his staff today that he is resigning the post effective April 19. Spokeswoman Shana Jones said Sutton e-mailed a letter of resignation this morning to President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Jones said Sutton would not speak to the media until next week and currently does not want to disclose his future plans. Sutton, 48, was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001. Obama has not named a potential successor. Among the names...

A Border Patrol agent patrolling the US-Mexican border in San Ysidro was brutally attacked by a group of four male assailants illegally entering the U.S.... The agent was able to approach one of the suspects, while the other three returned to Mexico. ......struck the agent in the face with a closed fist. While the agent attempted to gain control of the combative assailant, the three suspects in Mexico began throwing rocks at the agent..... The 30-year-old assailant in custody is currently facing charges for assaulting a federal agent and reentering the U.S. as a prior deportee. The attack took place...

Roger Hedgecock to Interview Agent Ignacio Ramos today at 520pm Pacific/820pm Eastern Border Patrol Agent Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos will be making his first visit to our show since his release from Federal Prison on charges of involvement in the shooting of a Mexican Drug Trafficker. Agent Ramos will appear TODAY at 520pm Pacific/820pmEastern time tonight on the Roger Hedgecock Show, which is carried on almost 100 stations nationally, including radio stations: KOGO (San Diego), KXL(Portland) , KNEW(San Francisco) and KKOH (Reno) KDOX (Las Vegas) and KTSM (El Paso). The Show is also carried on XM 158 live from 6-9pm Eastern...

The US Supreme Court will not hear the appeals of US Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. The refusal lets stand the opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the convictions and the sentences of the agents. Although this effectively ends the agents’ hopes to have their felony convictions overturned, they are now free men thanks to a last minute commutation of their 10-year sentences by President Bush. Had it not been for Bush’s action, the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case would likely have meant the agents would have served their full sentences. Nonetheless,...

The two cities of El Paso and Denver are 800 miles apart, but they both exist in the rarified world of "sanctuary cities," where mayors and city officials love to proclaim, "We welcome all immigrants, regardless of immigration status." This is PC code for welcoming illegal aliens, but it also means they welcome the prosecution of Border Patrol agents and immigration enforcement agents who take their jobs too seriously. The prosecution, imprisonment and eventual release of El Paso Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean made headlines for two years, but few Americans outside Denver have ever heard of...

Former U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were given long jail terms for shooting at a fleeing drug smuggler, today told Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck that they were sustained by prayers of the American people and their spirits were lifted by their letters. The two were interviewed on Beck's program in their first television interview allowed under the terms of their probation after President Bush commuted their sentences on his last day in office. They just were released from ankle bracelet restrictions and still face limits on with whom they can talk. One of...

Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos wakes up in the middle of the night expecting a guard to shine a flashlight in his face. Jose Alonso Compean, his colleague, still has nightmares that he's not really home. It has not been easy readjusting to life outside their one-man prison cells where they spent the last two years of their lives in segregation. Since the commutation of their sentences by President Bush on his last day in office, the former agents, who were charged with the non-fatal shooting of a Mexican national after he abandoned a load of marijuana...

Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were released last month from federal prison after serving more than two years in solitary confinement for the non-fatal shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. President Bush commuted the sentences of the two border guards Jan. 19 and his order went into effect yesterday. They had spent the last month in home confinement and are now finally free. Glenn Beck has covered this story for years and was at the forefront of the movement to get President Bush to commute their sentences. These two men are truly American heroes. Welcome back!

Walked over to Juarez Mexico this morning...took some clips of the many soldiers deployed on the streets...they are everywhere. Thought fellow freeper might like to see a compilation of clips so I uploaded to youtube....if you click the [HD] box you can watch it in nearly the original quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFNM4VM236E

Grab the Listen Live or turn on your radios! She's on the Roe Conn Show

Nearly 200 miles west, on California’s Pacific shores, the Rev. John Fanestil spends every Sunday at Friendship Park, where people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border touch hands and talk through holes in a chain-link fence. For decades, the dunes and Friendship Park were virtually unchanged. But in its final months, as the Bush administration raced to fulfill a pledge to erect 670 miles of fencing and vehicle barriers on the border, they were transformed almost overnight.

EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a man described as a suspected drug smuggler in the New Mexico desert Thursday night, federal officials said Friday.

EL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Border Patrol agents have shot a man authorities describe as a suspected drug smuggler in the New Mexico desert west of Santa Teresa. ...

At 3 a.m. mountain time, former Border Patrol agent Jose Compean was released from the Elkton Federal Prison in Elkton, Ohio. Former agent Ignacio Ramos was released about five hours later from the Phoenix Federal Prison in Phoenix, Ariz. Ramos and Compean will officially be released from Federal Bureau of Prison custody on March 20th, but on Tuesday both were allowed to rejoin their families. They had been in prison since January 2007. Ramos and Compean were in prison for shooting drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila and then trying to cover it up. On President Bush’s last day in office,...

Just heard that Ramos has been released from prison. There will be no media access until March 20, 2009.

More than 300 demonstrators gathered at Riverside City Hall Saturday and prepared to march across part of the city to protest recent Border Patrol and police crackdowns in the Casa Blanca area. The demonstrators were also upset about supposed arrest quotas given to Riverside-area Border Patrol officers by their superiors, said Omar Leon of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. "We are here to denounce the joint actions of the Border Patrol and the Riverside Police Department," Leon said, raising his voice to make himself heard over a din of chants.

Mexico slams Border Patrol clemency. Criticizes commutation for former Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean. Plus, President Bush and Administration Corruption Exposed Part II 01.22.09 CNN Lou Dobbs Video: "Mexico Meddling" (Ramos-Compean, Bush Corruption Exposed Pt II) 01.14.09 CNN Lou Dobbs Video: President-Elect Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon met SEGMENT INTRO: New questions about Mexico's brazen meddling in the case against former border patrol agents Ramos and Compean who remain in prison tonight, we'll have special coverage of this continuing miscarriage of justice and the intervention of the Mexican government in the Bush administration's policy making. # And...

“Lou Dobbs Tonight: Transcript” Justice Delayed: (Because of Bush) Ramos & Compean could be in prison for 2 more months Outrageous President Bush, Administration, and Mexican government collusion and corruption against our border patrol agents January 21, 2009 # This was Lou Dobbs first broadcast this week. SEGMENT INTRO: Former Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean, their sentences commuted, but they may be in prison for another two months. There is rising anger at the continued imprisonment of former Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean two days after President Bush commuted their sentences. And there is outrage at the Mexican...

Two Texas border guards sentenced each to about a dozen years in prison have had their sentences commuted by former President George W. Bush in one of last official acts. But the campaign on their behalf is not yet over. In 2005 Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos shot drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks as he fled across the Rio Grande, away from an abandoned van load of marijuana, according to Associated Press reports. The two men, who did not report the shooting and tampered with evidence by picking up spent shell casings, were convicted...

Dear XXXX: After making them suffer two long and painful years in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison, President Bush, on his very last day of office, having received more than five million emails, letters, postcards and telephone calls from citizens all across the country, finally commuted the sentences of Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Compean, two brave and decorated Border Patrol agents, improperly charged with the non-crime of using a firearm as they stopped a drug dealer from bringing in more than 700 pounds of narrcotics into the U.S. Please accept my thanks for your great effort in...

With just six days left of the Bush presidency, Rep.Dana Rohrabacher and a group of a dozen House members, including Rep. Ed Royce, held a press conference today to again implore the president to pardon or commute the sentences of the two ex-border patrol agents in federal prison for shooting a fleeing drug dealer at the Mexican border. “This prosecution was rotten from day one,’’ said Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, who has been working to free Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos since they were convicted in 2006. Compean’s sister, Claudia Martinez, lives in Huntington Beach. “Right now we have a chance...

SAN DIEGO—An historic canyon, used in years past by cattle rustlers and bandits as an illegal border crossing between Mexico and the United States and more recently by illegal immigrants, is slated to be wiped off the map. The federal government's project to fill in Smuggler's Gulch with dirt is scheduled to be completed by May. The government has lopped off the top of nearby hills and shoved some 1.7 million cubic yards of earth into the pass and neighboring Goat Canyon.

Campo Minutemen have been monitoring the trails the illegal border crossers use to meet their pick ups. From Campo, they move west and north. The trails run west to avoid the Border Patrol check point on the 8 Freeway. The Campo Minutemen have reported numerous pick ups in progress, and have encountered some under cover Border Patrol Agents.

I was born and raised in Chicago and have resided on the northside ..most of the time in the Illinois 5th Congresional district. Rod Blagojevich and Rahm Emmanuel have BOTH been my congressmen. Now because Rahm has announced that he is leaving and a special election will take place, I am considering throwing my name in for the special election. After all I reside here! Many of the Life-long Politicians who want the seat are just that, Life long politicians looking for another job. So I am asking FReepers far and wide to put on their think caps and help...

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Lehigh Valley, today is sending a letter to President Bush, urging the outgoing president to pardon two former Border Patrol agents who are in prison for shooting a drug smuggler. Dent wrote that the two agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, "were acting in fulfillment of their duty and responsibility to protect our borders and enforce the law, and they have been unjustly punished for their actions." Though Dent's congressional district is hundreds of miles away from the Mexican border, the congressman has taken an interest in border-related issues because he sits on the House...

Marfa, Texas – Border Patrol agents from Marfa, Texas Friday responded to a request for assistance at the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, Texas. An uprising of prisoners was underway at the prison that had escalated to the level of a riot. Approximately 30 Marfa Sector Border Patrol Agents responded and provided perimeter security to aid in the prevention of prisoner escapes from the facility and to end the situation peaceably after approximately 17 hours. The Marfa Sector Special Response Team was activated and responded to the prison with a variety of specialized skills and equipment. They had an...

SAN DIEGO (CN) - A Border Patrol agent held him down while a train ran over him and cut off his foot, a Guatemalan immigrant says. Oswaldo Vanegas says his leg had to be amputated below the knee and he lost parts of two fingers when he tried to free his foot. Vanegas says he fled after the agent found him and others aboard a freight train near San Ysidro. He says the agent tackled him and he fell onto the tracks beneath a stopped train. "As the train began to move, the Border Patrol agent held onto Mr. Vanegas....

Reporting from Monterrey, Mexico -- In the seconds before the gunmen burst into the tiny Lozano Garza jewelry store in this city's downtown, three shoppers browsed the display cases. An unarmed security guard sat by the door.

710 KURV believes that these decorated agents have been punished enough for the shooting of an admitted and now convicted drug smuggling illegal alien. President George W. Bush has already granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the sentences of two more. 710 KURV is asking you for your involvement in our effort and join forces with national leaders such as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). “Ramos and Compean have been living in the torture of solitary confinement for almost two years for something they never should have been prosecuted for in the first place,” said Rohrabacher. There are a couple...

The following news release was sent by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection: DOUGLAS - Border Patrol Agents from the Tucson Sector and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came under fire from drug smugglers during a drug bust of more than 1,100 lbs of marijuana near Douglas, Arizona, yesterday. Courtesy: USBP Monday at 10:30 p.m., agents observed two large trucks, a Chevrolet Avalanche and a Ford F150 using ramps to cross over the border fence. While using a remote camera surveillance system, camera operators were able to coordinate field agents to intercept the trucks. As agents got close,...

(CNSNews.com) – In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is mulling whether to recommend a commutation for the two former Border Patrol agents jailed for more than a decade each for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler in the buttocks. The case is now before the DOJ’s Pardon Attorney Donald Rodgers. The Office of Pardon Attorney works in consultation with the attorney general’s office to assist the president, who has sole power of clemency in federal cases under the Constitution. Ultimately, it is the president’s call regardless of what the Office of Pardon Attorney recommends....