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SEATTLE — Federal gun agents in Arizona — convinced that “someone was going to die” when their agency allowed weapons sales to suspected Mexican drug traffickers — made anguished pleas to be permitted to make arrests but were rebuffed, according to a new congressional report on the probe. The report will be released today.
Two weapons sold to a suspect under surveillance were found at the scene of the fatal shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry near Nogales, Ariz., in December.
Terry’s family will be among the key witnesses at an oversight committee hearing today on the operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. According to the report, several ATF agents regarded the operation as dangerous and misguided.
