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The family of a slain Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched “Fast and Furious” gun operation. Agent Brian Terry was mortally wounded on Dec. 14, 2010, in a firefight north of the Arizona-Mexico border between U.S. agents and five men who had sneaked into the country to rob marijuana smugglers. Federal [...] Two guns linked to the Obama administration’s gunwalking operation were found at the site of a gun battle in Mexico that took the life of model and beauty queen Susana Flores Maria Gamez. Only one of the weapons was purchased by a federal agent: Mexican beauty queen Susana Flores Maria Gamez and four others died [...] An attempt by drug smugglers to propel cans of marijuana into the United States with a pneumatic cannon was thwarted by Border Patrol agents over the weekend. The incident happened some time after sunset Friday in a field near County 22nd and the Colorado River, just northwest of San Luis, Ariz. The drug smugglers crossed [...] Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent has shot and wounded a man in Arizona, cialis 40mg south of Gila Bend. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say Yuma Sector agents responded to “possible bandit activity” near an Arizona 85 checkpoint about 6 p.m. Tuesday. The agents reportedly came across two armed men about 14 [...] A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to more than four years in a federal prison for gun-smuggling today. Ricardo Montalvo, 28, pled guilty to the charges in August and was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones to 51 months in a low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Bastrop, Texas. He will also [...] El Paso County Sheriff’s Strike Team members recovered a stolen firearm and arrested a man who was attempting to sell it, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Humberto Martinez, 31, was arrested Monday by Strike Team members, who were following up on information that a man was attempting to sell a handgun at two locations. Deputies said [...] Forest-camouflaged pickups roared to life as the Mexican soldiers pulled on their black masks and hoisted their Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles. The three-truck convoy pulled out of the base to patrol the rugged, mountainous region of the western state of Michoacan, when a raspy voice burst out of an unencrypted radio inside one [...] Special Agent Vince Cefalu has worked for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for more than 25 years. On top of successfully placing dozens of hard criminals behind bars throughout his career, Cefalu has received promotions and consistently positive evaluations. When he started raising his voice about ATF corruption and illegal wiretapping in 2005, [...] One Border Patrol agent has died and another has non-life-threatening injuries following a shooting near Bisbee, according to a Border Patrol spokesperson. The Border Patrol has identified the slain agent as Nicholas Ivie, 30, who had been with the agency since January 2008. Ivie was married with two children and a native of Provo, Utah. [...] As has been the case with much of the timeline in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “Fast and Furious” operation, the details just seem to get worse. This time, Univision claims it has linked 57 guns from Mexican crime scenes to the “Fast and Furious” operation — 57 weapons that were not [...] |
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