A federal appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in the killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, whose death exposed the botched Obama-era “Fast and Furious' operation.
A man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, whose death exposed the botched President Obama-era gun operation known as 'Fast and Furious,' has been overturned, a U.S. appeals court said. The bombshell reversal comes after Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was convicted of first-degree murder, among other charges, after being extradited from Mexico. He was among seven defendants tried and convicted in the Dec. 14, 2010, killing of Terry.
The failed Obama-era plan was exposed after Terry's death and prompted his family to sue the government. Terry was part of a four-man team in an elite Border Patrol unit staking out the southern Arizona desert on a mission to find 'rip-off' crew members who rob drug smugglers. They encountered a group and identified themselves as police when trying to arrest them. GET THE FOX NEWS APP The men refused to stop, prompting an agent to fire bean bags at them.
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