dhs says as part of a statement, they shouldn t be doing this. what is your reaction to that? you do not travel 2,000 miles with your 7-year-old child for kicks or to take advantage of another country. you do it because you re desperate. what would cause you to take your child and make that journey unless it was the only thing you could do to save your child s life. joining us now from the border in el paso, texas, and juarez mexico is nbc news correspondent cal perry. what more do we know about this case. reporter: we know she died the morning after being taken into custody. transported in a bus across mexico when she was taken to a hospital. 105 degree temperature to the hospital. what is unclear is what
desperate. what would cause you to take your child and make that journey unless it was the only thing you could do to save your child s life. joining us now from the border in el paso, texas, and juarez mexico is nbc news correspondent cal perry. what more do we know about this case. reporter: we know she died the morning after being taken into custody. 105 degree temperature to the hospital. what is unclear is what officials knew and when they knew it. she tied and three days later we heard from the commissioner of cbp testifying on capitol hill. hanging over this story, lawrence, is an administration that has not been honest what is happening down here at the border. the bridge behind me two months ago you could come to this bridge, present yourself to customs and border patrol and your asylum request would be
another country. you do it because you re desperate. what would cause you to take your child and make that journey unless it was the only thing you could do to save your child s life. joining us now from the border in el paso, texas, and juarez mexico is nbc news correspondent cal perry. what more do we know about this case. reporter: we know she died the morning after being taken into custody. 105 degree temperature to the hospital. what is unclear is what officials knew and when they knew it. she tied and three days later we heard from the commissioner of cbp testifying on capitol hill. hanging over this story, lawrence, is an administration that has not been honest what is happening down here at the border. the bridge behind me two months ago you could come to this bridge, present yourself to
answer. they want to know what happened and why they didn t stop these guns from leaving the united states and ending up in this, in these crimes. reporter: spanish language network univision and fox news obtained a list of 100,000 weapons recovered in mexico and compared of the serial numbers with the 2,000 guns sold in fast and furious. nearly two dozen matched, connectings untold number of injuries and fatalities to the u.s. program. this woman lost two sons to fast and furious guns. they feel helpless. they don t know what to do. we interview one of them and they say, who is going to pay for this? reporter: it could be the u.s. government, should the family of border agent brian terry prevail in their wrongful death claim. the people can go and sue in the united states with american lawyers that would be a very interesting development certainly. reporter: for its part the mexican government has
for jon scott. this new report is now connecting the serial numbers of dozens of guns to a string of murders including the massacre of 18 men at a mexican rehabilitation clinic. william la jeunesse is following it all live from los angeles. william? reporter: gregg, you know many thought with that recent inspector general s report that the fast and furious story was buried for good. for a yeared at administration kept the most damaging information the fatalities in mexico, a secret. with univision s help we were able to something we knew, the serial numbers of guns to something we didn t a crime in mexico. to put a face on one of america s most embarrassing political scandals. a home covered in blood after gang members kill, 16, many teenagers at a birthday party in juarez mexico. many use in the massacre traced to fast and furious . they are waiting for an