and a new rift in the case of a border patrol agent, a case tied to the fast and furious program. in mexico they caught the third of five suspectss in the murder of agent brian terry. his body turned up near guns government put hundreds of guns in the hands of criminals in the hopes of tracking where the guns wept. guns went. the aim was to capture a drug cartel leader. william with more now. the third man in custody in agent terry s death is ivan soto baraza arrested last night in mexico. the terry family spokesman said, quote, the family is excited, but two additional fugitives remain at large. mexican drug runners killed agent terry a few years ago using weapons in fast and furious, a a botched effort that put 2,000 weapons in the hands of felons. that scandal lead to a successful resolution in
i think we may have already reached the tipping point. the president with his phony scandal comment is just off the wall. we at the brian terry foundation are looking for justice as is the terry family. you know, the inspector general had a report out about a year ago that found eric holder had no knowledge of fast and furious in the beginning. but they did note that 14 of the people in the administration did know in the atf what was going on and we would like to know as a beginning, what happened to those 14 people. are they still working with the atf? are they have they been relocated? have they been promoted? that s the number one question i have on my mind among dozens of other questions. people can t forget about your nephew and your son, brian terry, and everything that he went through and everything that you guys are going through. what answers are you looking for
the scandals around washington that this one gets lost, brian? well, you know, we feel like we ve hit a dead end. now darrell issa has pursued this investigation it the best of his ability but the claim of executive privilege has effectively put a dead end into his investigation. and, once again, we call upon this administration to release those 80,000 documents, and allow this family, the terry family and the rest of the american public to understand why operation fas and furious was put into place and why the administration denied, specifically the justice department, denied that this operation ever took place for three months. bill: yeah. terry family was never even told that the weapons found at brian s murder scene were operation fast & furious weapons for three months. that information finally came out with his sell blowers. bill: i apologize.
the entire terry family. as for the murder case, five men are charged, three remain at large in mexico, two are in custody. one pled guilty and is likely to get life in prison, shepherd. but this does bring to a close one chapter in the fast and furious story. shepard: william lajeunesse live in los angeles. thank you. thousands of people are without power as a brutal winter storm blasts the capitol city and it tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. ukraine. heavy snow and gale force winds product brought down power lines near tiev. kiev. nearly two feet of snow blocked roads and trapped some 10,000 vehicles. the mayor declared a state of emergency. forecasters predict more snow through tomorrow. india.
avila wasn t charged in terry s death but for dealing guns without a license. today he got 57 months in prison. according to the federal guidelines that sentence that fits the crime. for us, it s satisfying but then again i can understand how terry s family might feel as well. family that will spend another christmas without brian terry. it s december 12. almost two years to the day. difficult time for the entire terry family. there five men are charged in terry s murder. three are at large in mexico. two are in custody. one pled guilty. likely to get life in prison. thank you. defense secretary leon panetta says president obama will decide in the next few weeks how many troops to keep in pakistan, after the combat mission ends there. panetta is on a previously unannounced visit to kabul. he is meeting with the top military commanders as well as afghan president karzai. well, is the world going to end a week from friday? we will talk about it later on the grapevine.