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Republicans and Democrats are praising the long-awaited report investigating the botched 2009 “gun-walking” operation known as Fast and Furious, but not for the same reasons. Three years ago, federal agents lost track of hundreds of weapons after launching the operation. Many of those weapons ended up in the hands of criminals, and one border patrol [...] An arrest was made Friday in connection with a series of pipe-bomb explosions at a Glendale home, authorities said. Tom Mangan, spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said one man was apprehended at 8:15 a.m. outside a home in the 3200 block of West Villa Rita Drive. Glendale police and Phoenix [...] The Justice Department’s internal investigator is poised to release a long-awaited report on Operation Fast and Furious that could answer some of the big remaining questions about the controversial Arizona gun-trafficking investigation. Inspector General Michael Horowitz and his staff have taken more than a year to look into the operation, in which hundreds of guns [...] Police say a homeowner shot and injured a suspect who allegedly broke into his home on Monday. Phoenix police say three men tried to burglarize the home near 86th Avenue and Camelback Road just after 9 a.m. The homeowner heard the suspects and grabbed a shotgun and confronted them. Police say at least one round [...] Mexican federal police have arrested a suspect in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, site the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. Jesus Leonel Sanchez Meza is one of the five men charged with killing Terry in December 2010 [...] Republicans have strengthened the pro-gun-rights portion of the party platform, including a new call for unlimited bullet capacities in guns, in a defiant response to criticism that followed recent mass shootings at a Colorado cinema and an Arizona congresswoman’s gathering. The 2012 platform, approved this week by GOP conventiongoers who nominated Mitt Romney for president, [...] It was nearly two weeks ago when a man was shot in the face outside University of Phoenix Stadium during a pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and the Arizona Cardinals. The shooting happened in the parking lot of a hotel right outside the stadium just as the game was wrapping up. We talked to [...] The Inspector General (IG) draft report on Fast and Furious heaps blame on the Phoenix-based staff of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) according to those familiar with the document. A year and a half in the making, the report examines Operation Fast and Furious, which began under the Obama administration, and the [...] A federal judge’s decision today could be crucial in determining the future of a U.S. trucker being held in a Mexican prison and accused of trafficking thousands of rounds of ammunition into Mexico. Jabin Akeem Bogan, 27, was arrested by Mexican authorities in April this year after he drove a tractor-trailer with 268,000 rounds of [...] 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) [...] |
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