To: slowmo who wrote (11098 ) 6/20/2014 8:07:40 PM From: joseffy Respond to of 16547 New life starts for prosecuted Border Patrol agent Brugman hopes Ramos, Compean also free soon 12/11/2007 by Jerome R. Corsi, Former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman has begun a new life as the owner of a new MATCO Tools franchise, following a 24-month sentence in federal prison for a minor scuffle with an illegal alien at the U.S. border in January 2001, an offense for which he was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton. “For many years after what happened to me, I lost faith in the United States of America,” Brugman told WND. “But today is a whole new day for me,” he continued. “I now realize that when you say the United States of America, you don’t mean the government. The United States of America is ‘We the People.’” “I would not be sitting here today in the cab of this truck in my new business if it weren’t for the people,” Brugman said. Houston businessman and radio talk show host Edd Hendee organized “The Gary Brugman Project” on his Eyes on the Border website. Hundreds of contributions poured in, ranging from $1,000 corporate checks to $8.70 from a little girl’s lemonade stand, after she heard about Brugman while listening to the radio with her dad. Hendee helped Brugman negotiate with Matco Tools an exception that allows Brugman to own a franchise despite the company policy of refusing to grant franchises to convicted felons. Brugman, a dedicated Harley-Davidson motorcycle rider, also gained the support of the American Freedom Riders, a group of Harley-Davidson fans and other bikers riding for border security. On October 8, the Freedom Riders published a request on their website, asking for donations to enable Brugman to meet the requirements of the Matco Tools franchise. Before joining the Border Patrol, Brugman spent eight years in the Coast Guard. Through his trial and prison term, Brugman lost everything, including his life savings, his wife and his home. “Gary served his nation twice,” Hendee told WND in a telephone interview, “both in the Coast Guard and the Border Patrol. We as a nation owe Gary a chance to succeed when Johnny Sutton and the U.S. attorney’s office took everything he had away from him.” “Gary spent two years in the federal prison for nothing more than pushing an illegal alien down with his foot,” Hendee stressed. “The illegal alien in the incident suffered no injuries,” Hendee continued. “The prosecution would never have happened had the Mexican government not insisted upon it to the extent of going into Mexico to locate and find the illegal alien so he could testify against Brugman. ” Sutton’s website confirms Hendee’s statement. In a press release published on Sutton’s website on March 10, 2003, the day Brugman was sentenced, Sutton thanks the consul of Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, for locating the illegal alien in Mexico and making him available to U.S. authorities to testify against Brugman at the trial. As WND has reported, Sutton is the same U.S. attorney who prosecuted Gilmer Hernandez from Rocksprings, Texas, and U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Hernandez is the deputy sheriff who was convicted for shooting after a fleeing van of illegal aliens who tried to run him over. Ramos and Compean currently are serving 11- and 12-year federal prison sentences for shooting at Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, an admitted drug smuggler who fled across the border after smuggling into the U.S. a load of 750 pounds of marijuana in a van. WND also has reported about the intervention of Mexican consulates demanding the law enforcement agents be prosecuted for using force even against illegal aliens committing crimes in the United States. Such demands were a major factor leading to the decision of the U.S. government to proceed with the prosecution of both Hernandez and of Ramos and Compean. Even yesterday, Brugman expressed his continuing concern for Ramos and Compean. “For the first time in many years I feel happy today, peaceful and calm,” Brugman told WND yesterday. “However, Ramos and Compean are still sitting in isolation, in solitary confinement. I know how that feels because I have been there myself.” “This isn’t about me,” Brugman continued. “We can’t forget about Ramos and Compean. I was fortunate to run into some really good people who helped me out. But until the day Ramos and Compean are free, this is all about them.” Brugman has appeared extensively on radio and television supporting Gilmer Hernandez and Ramos and Compean in their cases, including appearing on the O’Reilly Factor on Fox News. He’s also been on dozens of nationally syndicated radio shows, including those hosted by Laura Ingraham, G. Gordon Liddy, and Roger Hedgecock. 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