Category Archives: border issues

Bean bag rounds were used by Border Patrol before Agent Terry’s murder feds admit

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

The truth is beginning to come out regarding Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder. After first denying that the Border Patrol agents who confronted the border bandits in Peck Canyon near Rio Rico used bean bag rounds initially, now the … Continue reading →

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ATF Orders Immediate Review of Gun-Running Operation

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

From the Center for Public Integrity March 4, 2011: ATF Orders Immediate Review of Gun-Running Operation Updated: 3/4/2011, 10:54 am | The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive on Thursday night ordered an outside evaluation of … Continue reading →

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ATF seeks to counterspin news reports of Gunrunner scandal

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

This little gem turned up in a comment from JoeS and is tracked back to ATF (we can track stuff, too): From ATF’s Washington DC Public Affairs Division to ATF field offices: Public Information Officers: Please make every effort for … Continue reading →

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Nogales drug tunnelers still busy digging

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

US Customs and Border Protection Press release March 4, 2011: U.S. Border Patrol and Mexican Authorities Foil Tunnel Attempt TUCSON, Ariz. – During a joint tunnel sweep along the International Boundary fence in Nogales, Ariz., on March 1, Border Patrol … Continue reading →

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Drug smuggling human mule train busted near Ajo

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

US Customs and Border Protection Press Release March 4, 2011: Border Patrol Captures Marijuana Backpackers More than half-ton of Narcotics Seized TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station responded to a report of suspected contraband smugglers … Continue reading →

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ATF Let Hundreds of U.S. Weapons Fall into Hands of Suspected Mexican Gunrunners…and 2 of these guns were found at Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder site

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

The lid has blown off the ATF scandal which allowed guns to slip into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels. Two of the ATF “tracked” AK 47s ended up at the site of Border Patrol Brian Terry’s murder site … Continue reading →

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CBS News Reports: ATF agent ordered to let guns into Mexico

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

CBS News reported Thursday March 3, 2011: Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico (CBS News)  WASHINGTON – Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief. He was intentionally letting guns … Continue reading →

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Local cops don’t want to be junior Border Patrol agents

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Hugh Holub

The New York Times reports that the Police Executive Research Forum has some real issues with laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 which attempts to turn local law enforcement agencies into immigration law enforcement outfits…junior Border Patrol agents. Police Chiefs Wary of … Continue reading →

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The truth about Roger Barnett…another side of the story

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Hugh Holub

Roger Barnett is the Cochise County rancher who was hit with a damage judgment for holding undocumented aliens at gunpoint on his ranch. The media has portrayed Barnett as an evil person violating the civil rights of undocumented aliens. But … Continue reading →

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CBS News reports on ATF scandal…was Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry murdered by a gun being tracked by ATF?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Hugh Holub

CBS News has done its own investigation into allegations that ATF looked the other way and allowed guns to end up in the hands of the border bandits that murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Gunrunning scandal uncovered at the … Continue reading →

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