Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos was viciously assaulted in prison, where he is being held in general population! The assault occurred at 10:00pm Saturday night (Feb 3rd), apparently following the airing of America’s Most Wanted (see video clip below).

According to Ramos’ uncle:

“Nacho was assaulted Saturday night around 2200 by about five illegal immigrants. He has multiple and severe injuries. They put him in isolation for now, he has not been allowed to see a doctor since Saturday. They were yelling at him in Spanish, “Maten a la migra!” which means “Kill the Border Patrol agent.”

Another family member said Nacho was attacked after he fell asleep Saturday night. Assaulters went after him with repeated blows and kicks. Ramos suffered wounds to his back, shoulder, arms and head. There is concern that Agent Ramos was not given medical treatment after the incident and may not have received medical attention for up to 48 hours. An investigation is expected to be launched Tuesday.

This report has also been independently corroborated through Joe Loya, Ramos’ father-in-law.

If you’ve been following our comprehensive coverage of the Border Patrol case, then you know that three weeks ago, agents Compean and Ramos reported to federal prison, their petition to remain free on bond having been inexplicably denied. Several weeks ago, I wrote that I sincerely hoped and prayed that the agents were isolated from the criminal population, considering that almost 20% of our federal inmates are illegal aliens and hardened criminals. I was worried that the agents would be harmed or ever worse - killed. Not surprisingly, Ramos’ wife expressed those same fears. On Friday, February 2nd, a very worried Monica Ramos posted these concerns on her blog:

Many of you are wondering how my husband and Mr. Compean are doing on this their 16th day in prison. Each has been moved out of state. The news is not good. I have heard from my husband and since being moved, conditions are worse as he is in general population. I am not sure if Mr. Compean is in general population as well, but I am very concerned for their safety.

Right now he is not fully processed so he can’t make a phone call for about another two weeks. Thankfully, one counselor let him make one call to me and sent me the forms to organize a visitation as soon as possible. He didn’t sound very good to me. He told me that inmates keep approaching him asking who he is and what he’s in for. Most concerning to me is that most of these inmates are Spanish speaking with immigration issues and some are even in for drug possessions!

During our brief conversation, he just asked me to please do all I can to get him to a safer place. My husband is a very calm man, and I’m sure he downplayed his fears so as not to scare me, but for him to ask me to do something like that means something is wrong.

But I held onto the hope that usually law enforcement officers are isolated from a prison’s general population to protect them from retaliation. That hope was misplaced. Just one day later, Agent Ramos was assaulted and wounded while in prison!

Here is the seven minute America’s Most Wanted segment about the Border Patrol case

Our previous coverage:

Guard The Borders Aug 21 06: Pre-sentencing Coverage
Podcast Coverage
Guard the Borders Jan 22 07: Dirty Texas Politics Taint Border Patrol Agents’ Trial
Guard the Borders Feb 05 07: Dirty Texas Politics, Part Two

UPDATE 1 2200:

Title: Imprisoned Border Patrol agent beaten in Mississippi prison
Source: American Patrol
URL Source: http://www.americanpatrol.com
Published: Feb 5, 2007
Author: John and Ken Show
Post Date: 2007-02-05 19:36:13 by supertracpak

John and Ken Show — KFI — Los Angeles Imprisoned Border Patrol agent beaten in Mississippi prison According to an interview on the John and Ken Show today with Joe Loya, father- in- law of former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, the former agent received a severe beating from other inmates (probably Mexican invaders) at the prison where he is currently being held. More later when news becomes available.

Agent Ramos Attacked In Prison, Seriously Injured

This was in an email from Chelene, one of the march organizers.

Received both a call and e-mail from Ramos family members. They want the word out…call all your media contacts, radio talks show hosts, etc….. Ramos was beat up badly by a group of illegals after the “America’s Most Wanted” show aired Saturday. Ramos has a concussion and blood coming out of his ears. This is the ONLY details the family has at this time. The illegals want Ramos & Compean dead!! The word is out.

Please, the family needs your support!!! I don’t care who you like or don’t like in this movement…there should be thousands in the streets of Hollywood this Saturday!!! The entire family will be here in LA…they NEED your support!!!

Ramos family members will be on John & Ken today!! Lou Dobbs has been contacted. Dana Rohrabacher and other congress members are angry and demanding a meeting with Bush!! Call DC!!! They pardon or there is blood on their hands!!

UPDATE 2 2211: Meager media mention in the El Paso Times. Since when has the media become such masters of understatement??

UPDATE 3 2/6 0629: Dr. Jerome Corsi, who is in touch with the family, has covered the incident here, with additional details from Ramos’ wife, Monica.