claim: "ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one u.s. border patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
author: david dewhurst
evidence_1: dec 8, 2011 ... the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and… ... testified on the government's  gun smuggling sting “fast and furious” operation. .... are there identical  guidelines for investigative activity or are they one ...... at  least 64,000 weapons traced to the united states that ...
evidence_2: feb 3, 2012 ... 2, 2012, about the fast and furious operation. ... about the botched federal gun  trafficking investigation in arizona known as fast ... david dewhurst's campaign  website saying that ballistic tests had "confirmed that the death of at least one  u.s. border patrol agent was caused by" fast and furious weapons.
evidence_3: the mexican drug war is an ongoing, asymmetric major war between the  mexican government ... although mexican drug trafficking organizations have  existed for several ... during that same time period there have been at least four  elite special ... 2012), the official death toll of the mexican drug war was at least  60,000.
evidence_4: an hour after the us-led coalition confirmed that american troops had been killed  .... federal prosecutors to target marijuana sales in states that have legalized the  ...... 6/ border patrol agents fired tear gas at a group of 150 people in mexico who  ...... 4/ trump tweeted there is no "smocking gun" tying his campaign to russia, ...
evidence_5: the gunshot itself wasn't all that surprising; border patrol agents regularly open  fire ... women had surrendered to a green-uniformed u.s. border patrol agent in  the ... manzanares had left for dead wandering past a security camera—one link  in the .... of weapons and technology and thousands of poorly vetted gun-carrying  ...