Man Gets 30 Years in 'Operation Fast and Furious' Murder Case
Killing of border patrol agent revealed the government gun-running scandal
TUCSCON, Ariz. (AP) -- A man convicted in the shooting death of a federal Border Patrol agent during a firefight that revealed the government's botched gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison.
Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, who is from El Fuerte in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is the only person to be convicted in the Dec. 14, 2010, shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry near the Arizona-Mexico border.
U.S. District Court judge David C. Bury handed down the sentence, 360 months with credit for time served.
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Eric holder is going to jail?
Yeah, I had my hopes up for a moment, too.
The good news is that government officials involved were promoted.
Wow, there are so many scandals in this administration that I had actually forgot about this one...
So, nobody from the Obama administration has been charged with any crime, in the Fast and Furious debacle?