I previously wrote about the case where the US Attorney went out of his way to build a case against 2 US Border Patrol guards in this article here. Now there is a report from World Net Daily that the ballistics data in the case don’t match the facts.

Despite the conclusion of a laboratory criminalist that he could not conclusively link the bullet removed from Aldrete-Davila with Ramos’ service weapon, a Department of Homeland Security agent swore, in an affidavit of complaint filed against Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, that Aldrete-Davila was hit by a round fired by Ramos.

On the flip side the description of the drug smuggler’s wounds are consistent with the description of the incident by the two officers:

The Army doctor’s description of the wound directly contradicts U.S. Attorney Sutton’s repeated claim that agents Ramos and Compean shot Aldrete-Davila in the back.

The doctor clearly stated that the wound he observed was consistent with Aldrete-Davila turning to assume a “bladed position” with his left arm extended back toward the officers. This corroborates agent Ramos and Compean’s claim they observed Aldrete-Davila turning back toward them while fleeing, extending his arm and holding an object in his hand that they took to be a weapon.

Aldrete-Davila is left-handed, consistent with the bullet entering his left buttock laterally as he fled and turned back toward the officers, possibly pointing a weapon at them.

It may seem hypocritical to simultaneously claim that Officer Ramos did not shoot him, and that he did shoot him. What is does show is that the evidence in the case is inconclusive, and that two good Officers are being unfairly treated by the system that they swore to protect. They have never denied that the shooting happened, but the chain of evidence (you watch CSI, right? They do get some things right) is not secure, and they cannot prove that the bullet removed from the drug dealer is from Ramos’ gun.

And even if it did match, the description of the wound is consistent with someone turning and preparing to fire a gun. In which case their actions are completely justified. It is becoming increasingly evident that this case was motivated by something other than a sense of justice. I won’t speculate as to why they have been made an example of, but I find this administrations attitude towards border security to be puzzling and disturbing.