Guns that Killed Border Agent Allowed into Mexico by ATF
Update: AZ Border Patrol agent killed
Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group of suspected bandits before the men returned fire during a confrontation in a remote canyon, killing agent Brian Terry with a single gunshot, records show.
And an illegal immigrant wounded in the gun battle who is now the only person in custody linked to the slaying contends he never fired a shot, according to FBI search warrant requests filed in the U.S. District Court in Tucson.
The documents provide the most detailed version yet of what happened in the deadly gun battle Dec. 14 in Peck Canyon, northwest of Nogales.
The documents say the group of illegal border entrants refused commands to drop their weapons after agents confronted them at about 11:15 p.m. Two agents fired beanbags at the migrants, who responded with gunfire. Two agents returned fire, one with a long gun and one with a pistol, but Terry was mortally wounded in the gunfight.
Border Patrol officials declined to answer questions about protocol for use of force, citing the ongoing investigation.
But Terry’s brother, Kent Terry, said the other agents who were there that night told him that they were instructed to use the non-lethal beanbags first. It’s a policy that doesn’t make sense to Kent Terry.
“You go up against a bandit crew that is carrying AKs, and you walk out there with guns loaded with beanbags – I don’t get it,” Terry said in a phone interview from Michigan. “It’s like going to the Iraqi war with one knife. It boggles my mind. … These guys (Border Patrol agents) are professionals; they should be able to use their judgment call on their own.”
Excerpt From:
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_681d29cf-845a-5aea-9f34-3837d70b8a31.html
Update 2:
The guns found at the site of the killing were the same that the ATF allowed to be smuggled into Mexico.
The AFT has let hundreds of weapons into Mexico
http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2976/
ATF Agent: I was ordered to let weapons into Mexico
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml
Face Forward Comments:
I feel very bad for the family that lost a member. Everyone realizes that working as a Border Patrol Agent is not easy and often very dangerous. I respect these brave men and women that have taken on this needed dangerous and politically unpopular job.
From Ruby Ridge to Waco the ATF continue to show why they are the most dangerous and out of control federal agency we have.
March 8th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Glad to see you are back at it!
March 8th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
The ATF sounds like a bunch of assholes. Honestly, dont build your case, DO YOUR JOB YA ‘TARD.
“(ATF) permitted hundreds of guns to be purchased and retained by suspected straw buyers with the expectation they might cross the border and even be used in crimes while the case was being built, according to documents and interviews.”
HONESTLY WTF. Really guys??? You are even going to let people be killed by these guns, when you know who they are going to? STOP THE GUNS AT THE BORDER. I get why they let them go so they can build their case; To get the big guys, right? Sure that too but really so they can get the BIG bucks. Just like the ICE plays grab ass with illegals. Or why any agency does not do their job to the fullest because the money would stop coming in.
In conclusion, We THe People…are fucked.
March 9th, 2011 at 7:11 am
Thanks, I am glad to be back. Life got so complcated that I dropped a bunch of things I should have continued.