From NewsMax:

This article was written by Kevin Mooney, staff writer at CNSNews.com

A congressional panel will Tuesday try to establish whether the Mexican government played a role in the prosecution of two former Border Patrol agents serving lengthy prison terms for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler.

The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight will hold a hearing on the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. In prison since January, they face 11- and 12-year sentences, respectively, for shooting and wounding Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in February 2005 and then trying to cover up the incident.

Aldrete-Davila had been attempting to smuggle 743 pounds of marijuana across the border.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, told Cybercast News Service on Monday that the Mexican authorities had been wielding far too much influence over their U.S. counterparts in matters involving border security.

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