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| Records show agents fired beanbags in fatal border gunfight | |
| 2011-03-04 | |
And an illegal immigrant wounded in the gunbattle 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. "You go up against a bandit crew that is carrying AKs, AK's which might have been provied by the ATF iself - as described in this story... 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." Osorio-Arellanes has not been charged in connection with the fatal shooting. He has been charged only with illegal re-entry after deportation and is awaiting a May 10 trial. The FBI document represents the first time his name has been included in a public document related to the shooting. Two days after the shooting, Osorio-Arellanes agreed to talk to FBI agents. He was traveling with four others that night, all of whom were armed, Osorio-Arellanes told investigators, according to the document. "Osorio-Arellanes stated that he had raised his weapon towards the Border Patrol agents, but he did not fire because he realized that they were Border Patrol agents," the search warrant says. "At this time, he was shot." Oh yes - I believe him. I even got this great deal on a bridge in NYC and some land in southern Florida... Terry, 40, of Michigan, was a member of a specially trained tactical unit known as Bortac. On the night of the shooting, Terry and his crew were targeting a "rip crew" that robbed and assaulted drug runners and illegal immigrants, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Notice - they were *not* targeting the drug runners or illegals - they were providing protection for them. This week, the Terry family received the autopsy report, which shows that Terry was shot once in the lower back, about 29 inches down from the right shoulder, Kent Terry said. Brian Terry was trying to turn, likely for cover, when he was shot, Kent Terry said. The bullet found inside his body was one used with AK-47s, he said. Was the AK supplied by the ATF (see other story)? The report gave the family some closure, and it erased any doubt about friendly fire being a possibility in the fatal shooting, because agents don't use AK-47s, Kent Terry said. The FBI announced in mid-February that it had ruled out friendly fire, but Kent Terry remained skeptical because he hadn't seen the autopsy. The Terry family remains upset about allegations that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed a gun smuggler it was investigating to purchase and smuggle into Mexico the weapons used in the shootout in which Terry died. The Justice Department has denied the allegations, but U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, continues to insist on the validity of the claims. "Your government is telling you to use beanbags, but you are selling guns back to the Mexicans," Kent Terry said. "There's a lot of questions that they haven't answered." The FBI investigation remains ongoing, said agency spokesman Manuel Johnson. No arrests have been made. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona said investigators and prosecutors aim to bring criminal charges against the people responsible for Brian Terry's murder. If the AK story is proven - does that include Eric Holder? Terry, 40, was the 10th agent to die on duty in the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector since 1926 and the first agent shot to death since 1998. Terry was buried in his hometown of Detroit on Dec. 22, and hundreds attended his memorial service January in Tucson. | |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #6 I am sure Obama and Holder are laughing their arrogant asses off about this picture. Order assault weapon sales to grug cartels. At the same time order our border patrol to shot bean bags when encoutering Meicans in the US armed with AK47s. So let me put 2+2 together for you. This is exactly what Obama and Holder envisioned. |
| Posted by: wr 2011-03-04 19:49 |
| #5 RIP Terry |
| Posted by: Gliper Splat6274 2011-03-04 17:01 |
| #4 "Your government is telling you to use beanbags, but you are selling guns back to the Mexicans," Kent Terry said. "There's a lot of questions that they haven't answered." Here's the answer to all Mr. Terry's questions: Don't bring a bean bag to a gun fight. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2011-03-04 14:57 |
| #3 I hope the Officer Terry's family sues the crap out of the government, with lots of news cameras in tow. |
| Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-03-04 12:10 |
| #2 Stinks. So here we are with when firearms are outlawed, only outlaws have firearms. Brave agent lost assaulting experience armed bad guy with glorified game of tag. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-03-04 12:06 |
| #1 50 caliber rounds would have been more appropriate...er...that is if you actually wanted to win. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-04 11:55 |