New America Media, Commentary, Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, TUCSON, Ariz. — On his last full day in office, ex-president Bush chose to commute the sentences of ex-border patrol officers Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. They had been convicted of shooting a Mexican man in the buttocks, covering up the evidence and lying about the shooting. The shooting took place as Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was fleeing across the border into Mexico near El Paso, Texas. With a stroke of his pen, Bush gave the Mexican and migrant community a message: “Besar me culo.” The controversial commutations were ripe with symbolism. They took place hours before Bush went back to Texas and hours before President Barack Obama was sworn in.
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