The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to cover it up. The high court refused to consider an appeal from Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. The former agents ...

A judge has ordered the federal government to turn over documents related to the shooting of a fleeing drug smuggler or explain why it's withholding them. The shooting led to the imprisonment and presidential commutation of two U.S. Border Patrol agents. Judicial ...

Two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to cover it up were released from prison Tuesday, about a month after former President George W. Bush commuted their prison sentences. Ignacio Ramos, 40, and Jose Compean, 32, had each served two years ...

Hours before his term ends, US President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the sentences of two former US border guards facing more than 10 years in prison for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler. The incident and the subsequent trial of the agents, Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos, had sparked a fierce debate about undocumented immigration, with many of ...