'Fast and Furious' still festering
Immigration officials had deported Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes seven times before he returned illegally as part of a Mexican “rip crew” that was in the business of robbing other drug and human smuggling operations.
On December 14, 2010, using a rifle that had been "walked" into Mexico by U.S. officials, Osorio-Arellanes opened fire on the Border Patrol team that had been dispatched to interdict the “rip crew”, killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Last week, Border Patrol BORTAC (Border Patrol Tactical Unit) agents arrested the accused killer, Osorio-Arellanes, in Mexico.
“...this arrest puts us another step closer to getting those accountable for Brian’s senseless death that could have been prevented,” [Brian's brother] Kent Terry explained. “But the real criminals that President Trump and Attorney General Sessions need to look at are Eric Holder, Thomas Brandon, Bill Newell, and the rest who started this scandal known as Fast and Furious.”
“Mr. Trump promised me he would open the books in Brian’s death and now is the time,” an exasperated Kent Terry stated. “My family has waited long enough...
Amen!
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