They committed felonies. The truth is these agents fired 15 shots at an unarmed man who was running away from them and who posed no threat. These agents were found guilty by a unaminous jury. The jury heard all evidence and testimony. The problem for the agents is that the jury did not believe them.

The agents knew that they were supposed to report the discharge of the firearms to their supervisor---no supervisor was present at the scene. The agents did not report the discharge because they knew it was not justified. They were aware that law enforcement resources would be dispatched to investigate the shoot. The bullet extracted from the drug smuggler came from Ramos service weapon. Testimony from Agent Juarez verifed that the drug smuggler was unarmed and was almost to Mexico when Ramos and Compean began shooting at him. The evidence was compelling that the drug smuggler was unarmed.

Officers are sworn to abide by the law--even when dealing with illegal immigrants. These agents screwed up and they are paying the consequences.

Their appeals have been denied. The sentences stand. They were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and obstruction of justice. Compean collected the shell casings in order to prevent them from being used in official proceedings.

Just because you hate illegal immigrants doesn't give Border Patrol agents the license to break the law while apprehending criminals. The agents took the law into their own hands, and they are suffering the consequences.