It begs the question why these agents need to be granted immunity if they were not involved in the incident. and this whole thing calls into question what effect that this threat that was held over their head had on the truthfulness of their testimony. The U.S. attorneys version of what happened that day relies almost exclusively on the testimony of the drug smuggler. Despite the fact that there were seven other agents. including two supervisors on scene within minutes. no report of the shooting was ever filed. even though the Border Patrol regulations require the supervisors to file the report. Agents are only required to orally notify their supervisors. and Ramos and Compean justifiably believed that their supervisors were totally aware 53. Pt. 3 3427 that there was a shooting.
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