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One of the world’s most wanted criminals might find himself in the crosshairs of U.S. Navy SEALs, a Mexico City publication has reported. Anonymous sources in U.S. and Mexican military circles told Proceso magazine that drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a high value target in President Calderon’s War on Drugs, might be hunted down [...] Prompted by victims of violence in Mexico, the City Council on Tuesday approved — not without debate — a resolution calling for the endorsement of a voluntary code of conduct for firearm sales. The resolution, which also called for a discussion on the country’s drug policies and prioritizing human rights in U.S.-Mexico collaborations, was a [...] On the night of Dec. 14, visit 2010, more about U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was shot and killed while on patrol in an Arizona canyon near the U.S.-Mexico border. Two guns found at the scene were linked to an investigation being run by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) [...] Authorities made a rare disclosure Monday linked to the botched gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious aka Gunwalker, revealing the identities of and requesting the public’s help in capturing four fugitives accused in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent 18 months ago. The announcement comes in the wake of pressure [...] Mexico asked the UN to regulate the arms trade to prevent their diversion to illicit markets accountable to producers, approved traders and end users and include all conventional weapons, approved parts, components, ammunition and technology. By participating in the UN Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT for its acronym in [...] The GOP-led House voted Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to provide key information pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, clinic making Holder the first sitting Cabinet member to be held in contempt. The vote was 255-67, story with 17 Democrats breaking ranks to side with Republicans in [...] The parents of murdered border agent Brian Terry told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday that they think Attorney General Eric Holder and other Justice Department officials are “hiding something” in their response to the botched anti-gunrunning operation Fast and Furious. The operation let illicit guns “walk” in the hope of tracking them to bigger [...] A judge has set a new trial date for the man accused of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The trial of Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, medical which had been scheduled to start Tuesday, patient now is set for Nov. 6, 2012. U.S. District Judge David Bury ordered the new trial date on May 31, [...] With the House committee voting Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt, the stalemate between the Obama administration and Congress ultimately boils down to about 1,300 documents. Congress wants to know who prepared a February 4, 2011 letter where the Obama administration claimed that the U.S. did not knowingly help smuggle guns to [...] A Mexican lawyer is preparing a civil lawsuit against the Agency Snuff, Firearms and Explosives (ATF, for its acronym in English) United States, representing relatives of victims of the operation ‘Fast and Furious’, with which the U.S. government illegally brought weapons into the country to trace and catch the criminals that were acquired. This is [...] |
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