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Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent John Dodson blew the whistle on the Department of Justice (DOJ) ill-fated “Fast and Furious” operation in an interview with me in 2011. Dodson explained that the U.S. government had been instructing federal agents like him to encourage gun dealers to sell thousands of assault rifles and other weapons to traffickers for Mexican drug cartels. ... Beyond Fast and Furious, similar “gunwalking” cases by the government were reported in numerous cities: Phoenix, Tucson and Houston to name a few. “Walked” guns were used by illegal Mexican bandits in an Arizona shootout that killed...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas- Two people were convicted of alien smuggling Tuesday in a case that began when a migrant in the Texas brush promised a dying 18-year-old he would return his body to Mexico. Maria de Jesus Ojeda, 36, of San Benito, and Jose Geronimo Mendez, a 21-year-old illegal immigrant, were found guilty of transporting and harboring aliens and conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens. Both face up to life in federal prison and a maximum $250,000 fine. The men were arrested following an investigation that began when a migrant from El Salvador turned himself in and led immigration officials to...