Bush’s Final Mistake: Showing Mercy on Ramos and Compean
Mexican government lobbied to prevent Ramos, Compean from being released
http://24ahead.com/mexican-government-lobbied-prevent-ramos-compean-being-relea
On yesterday’s Lou Dobbs show, Casey Wian said this about the Ramos and Compean commutation:
“Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Foreign Relations Carlos Rico (ph) said, quote, “this is a message of impunity, it’s difficult to understand.” He also acknowledged that Mexican officials had lobbied hard to prevent the former Border Patrol agent’s release.”
UPDATE: There’s much more on this in the 1/22 transcript: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0901/22/ldt.01.html
Various congressmen think there was extensive involvement by the Mexican government in the case; hopefully an investigation into contacts between that government and the Bush administration will be launched.
