<http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/7108-feds-prosecuted-us-border
-agent-for-mexico> Feds Prosecuted U.S. Border Agent for Mexico
Written by Alex Newman
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:37
The Obama administration improperly prosecuted an American Border Patrol
agent at the behest of the Mexican government, national correspondent Andy
Ramirez of the Liberty News Network
<http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?p=1554> said in an exclusive video
report. He also had an exclusive interview with the jailed agents wife,
Diana (picture, left), who lamented the fact that his six children may not
have their father around for 10 years.
The story involves U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Diaz, Jr., who was charged
with mistreating a then-16-year-old illegal-immigrant drug smuggler
apprehended at the border. In an effort to locate hidden contraband, Diaz
allegedly pulled on the suspects handcuffs, prompting the Mexican consulate
to complain that excessive force was used.
Two oversight agencies eventually cleared Diaz of wrongdoing. But Internal
Affairs which Ramirez refers to as Infernal Affairs decided to proceed
with the case anyway. It was then handed off to U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton,
an infamous prosecutor who has been in the spotlight before for
<http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/804> pursuing border
agents Ignacio Ramos and José Compean in other unpopular prosecutions.
This doesnt smell right, said Ramirez. If this is supposed to pass the
smell test, it doesnt pass it.
Diaz was eventually charged with several other violations including lying to
Internal Affairs investigators. And after a mistrial, he was tried again and
finally convicted earlier this year. He could be facing up to 10 years in
prison, and has already missed the birth of his youngest child.
His wife was clearly devastated. He is an outstanding father and a great
husband, Diana Diaz, also a Border Patrol agent, told LNN. Now they wont
have a father for ten years ... all because their dad did his job.
Diana Diaz is still hoping the government will let her husband out on bond
until sentencing. But shes also very worried about his fate in jail,
especially since former law-enforcement officers are known to be targeted by
other inmates.
I hope somebody out there sees the travesty that happened to my family and
they reach out to help us because its very hard, she told Ramirez, noting
that there had not been much interest in the case yet.
Critics of the prosecution including Ramirez have drawn a parallel between
the Diaz prosecution and the now-infamous witch-hunt of border agents
Ramos and Compean. Those agents were
<http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/804> eventually freed by
the Bush administration after a massive wave of public pressure.
And Ramirez hopes this case can be resolved favorably as well. What we have
here as my sources have told me is clearly a case of the Mexican
government starting problems because they dont like the Border Patrol, he
said. This case is a disgrace, that they actually expended U.S. taxpayer
dollars for a case like this.
Ramizez also called the case bogus, saying it was hard to find words to
describe the outrage. And he urged people to do something about it.
Here we have a case of another foreign-influenced prosecution, just as
weve had previously under the Bush administration, Ramirez concluded,
telling viewers to contact members of Congress and get active. These
outrages must stop.
He also said it was time to clean house at the Department of Justice and
the Department of Homeland Security.
Watch the exclusive report from the Liberty News Network below:
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/7108-feds-prosecuted-us-border-
agent-for-mexico
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