On January 24, 2007 Judicial Watch filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the State Department seeking records of communications and actions by U.S. government personnel with Mexican officials concerning the prosecutions of U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean over the shooting of Mexican drug smuggler Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila on February 17, 2005. 

Judicial Watch has since recieved a barrage of national press coverage.  Below are press releases, news clips, blog posts and more.  Keep checking back for updates!

Press Releases

• Judge Orders Hearing over Government’s Failure to Produce Records Concerning Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean (July 16, 2007)

• Judicial Watch Files Open Records Lawsuit Seeking Documents Related to Mexican Drug Smuggler Who Testified Against Two Border Patrol Agents (March 19, 2007)

News Clips

• Judicial Watch Cited on Glenn Beck (July 25, 2007): Click here to view

• Chris Farrell on Glenn Beck (July 23, 2007): Click here to view

• Chris Farrell on Lou Dobbs (July 23, 2007): Click here to view

• 98% of Dobbs Viewers Agree with Judicial Watch! (July 23, 2007): Click here to view

Corruption Chronicles Posts

• Judge Orders Hearing over Government’s Failure to Produce Records Concerning Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean (July 17, 2007)

• More Jail For Stopping Drug Dealers Than Taking Bribes (February 16, 2007)

• New Bill Could Pardon Border Patrol Agents (January 19, 2007)

• Pardons For Drug Dealers, Jail For Border Patrol Agents (January 11, 2007)

• Border Patrol Agents Sentenced to Long Prison Terms (October 20, 2006) 

Judicial Watch Court Documents

• JW Freedom of Information Act Requests to the State Department, Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security

• JW's lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, et al.