U.S. Attorney’s Office to Family of Fallen Border Agent Brian Terry: Thanks but No Thanks
by AWR Hawkins

On December 14, 2010, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was doing his job along the US/Mexico border in Arizona. But while tracking suspected border bandits just north of Rio Rico, AZ, he was shot in the back with an AK-47 and died while being airlifted to a hospital.

He was only days away from going home to be with his parents and siblings for Christmas: his dad said Terry had already purchased plane tickets for the trip.

Terry gave his life in service to this country – period. And God bless him and his family for that.

And I while I do not in any way want to diminish that service, it must be stated that the tragedy of Terry’s death is multiplied many times over by the fact that the AK-47 used to kill him was one of the 2,500 weapons purchased by straw purchasers during “Fast and Furious.â€