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U.S. Seals Court Records
Of Border Patrol’s Murder

(GunReports.com) -- The Obama Administration has abruptly sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican drug smugglers murdered a U.S. Border patrol agent with a gun connected to a failed federal experiment that allowed firearms to be smuggled into Mexico, according to Judicial Watch.

From the Judicial Watch website:

This means information will now be kept from the public as well as the media. Could this be a cover-up on the part of the “most transparent” administration in history? After all, the rifle used to kill the federal agent (Brian Terry) last December in Arizona’s Peck Canyon was part of the now infamous Operation Fast and Furious. Conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the disastrous scheme allowed guns to be smuggled into Mexico so they could eventually be traced to drug cartels.

Instead, federal law enforcement officers lost track of more than 1,000 guns which have been used in numerous crimes. In Terry’s case, five illegal immigrants armed with at least two semi-automatic assault rifles were hunting for U.S. Border Patrol agents near a desert watering hole just north of the Arizona-Mexico border when a firefight erupted and Terry got hit.

We know this only because Washington D.C.’s conservative newspaper , the Washington Times, got ahold of the court documents before the government suddenly made them off limits. The now-sealed federal grand jury indictment tells the frightening story of how Terry was gunned down by Mexican drug smugglers patrolling the rugged desert with the intent to “intentionally and forcibly assault” Border Patrol agents.

You can see why the administration wants to keep this information from the public and the media, considering the smugglers were essentially armed by the U.S. government. Truth is, no one will know the reason for the confiscation of public court records in this case because the judge’s decision to seal it was also sealed, according to the news story. That means the public or media won’t have access to any new or old evidence, filings, rulings or arguments.

A number of high-ranking Border Patrol officials are questioning how the case is being handled. For instance, they wonder why the defendant (Manuel Osorio-Arellanes) hasn’t been tried even though it’s been almost a year since Terry’s murder. They also have concerns about the lack of transparency in the investigation, not to mention the recent sealing of the court case.

Osorio-Arellanes is charged with second-degree murder. The four other drug smugglers fled the scene and their names were blacked out in the indictment. In 2006 Osorio-Arellanes had been convicted in Phoenix of felony aggravated assault and in 2010 he was twice detained for being in the U.S. illegally.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this month to address the flawed gun-tracking program, Attorney General Eric Holder said it’s not fair to assume that mistakes in Operation Fast and Furious led to Terry’s death. Holder also expressed regret to the federal agent’s family, saying that he can only imagine their pain.

Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.

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Can you wonder why the obama administration is the most CORRUPT administration in history? He should fry for all he has done.

Comment by: Jayr | December 8, 2011

OF COURSE they're sealing the records. That will prevent any actual proof in court that the rifle in question was actually trafficked to the cartels by the ATF. With the records sealed, Holder or his subordinate can claim that statement is only hearsay.

Every politician with the power to do so and something to hide seals records. Bush had ALL his sealed.

Comment by: david b | December 8, 2011

"Move along. There is nothing to see here. This government has your best interests at heart. There is nothing to see here. We have to keep things from you for your security. There is nothing to see here. We are not hiding anything. All is well." This is what appears to be the Obama admin's philosophy. Strikes ne that Orwell was writing the same thing a long time ago.

Comment by: Visigoth52 | December 9, 2011

We have often heard of the paranoia that seemed to grip the Nixon White House as well as the Bush White House. That said, the Obama White House has topped all forerunners as being the most secretive, paranoid administration in our nation's history. This s--t has got to stop!

Comment by: canovack | December 9, 2011

I am with you Canovack, if this what is transparentcy Ill sell you some beach front property in AZ.real cheap. God Bless America and Our Troops Past Present and Future. Keeing to My Oath Locked Loaded and Keeping My Powder Dry. Get the US Out of the Unand the UN Out of the US

Comment by: bear1 | December 11, 2011

I am having a hell of a time getting back into this web site. WTF is Gunreports doing or is it MY computer?

Comment by: Brenson | December 14, 2011

This website has fallen victim to a lot of spurious posts that appear to originate in Eastern Europe. I had to re-establish my credentials last week, and it caused me to think that perhaps the webmaster has taken some action to restrict entry to the website, so as to keep it free of those spurious posts.

Comment by: canovack | December 14, 2011

I think I have been booted from this site.

Comment by: Brenson | December 14, 2011

Son of a bitch. So some cabbage eating bohunks are screwing up our perfectly peaceful conversations. We should have listened to George Patton.

Comment by: Brenson | December 14, 2011

Yeah, but you see what that got old George..... Seriously, ain't it interesting how good our vision gets when we look back on things? The thing that pisses me off about all of this is that we continue to keep having to relearn the lessons of history, because the guys that run the show here apparently didn't take any history courses.

Comment by: canovack | December 14, 2011

History? What's that - a Michael Jackson CD?

Comment by: david b | December 14, 2011

And Gw was a history major at Yale. I wonder if he attended any classes?

Comment by: Brenson | December 14, 2011

From what we know about his life, he may have attended every class, and been too drunk to remember any. Did you ever wonder why he had to go off on a 30-day, no work vacation every summer when NO other president we can remember ever did that? It's the standard treatment for drying out the booze-hounds. Hell, they wouldn't even let him come off the vacation for the Katrina event until after the 30 days was up!

Comment by: david b | December 15, 2011

Yes, where would we be had we followed Patton's advice, as well as MacArthur's during Korea....

Comment by: PVB | December 21, 2011

PVB, old friend, we can only dream about what might have been, but we will never really know. Even in 1945 the world was undergoing such changes that would ultimately see us where we are today..... Do you remember in the movie "Patton", the lines between G.C.Scott (Patton) and Karl Malden (Bradley) just before the wagon almost hit Patton? Those were some very premonitory words that foretold of a world in which politics would rule.....maybe not to the point of all this politically correct bullshit we have today, but nonetheless, the handwriting was on the wall even then.

Comment by: canovack | December 21, 2011

Yes, it was...

Comment by: PVB | December 21, 2011