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Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting. MEXICO CITY: Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting.
The number of firearms stolen during gun store burglaries was up nearly 59 percent from 4,721 in 2015 to 7,488 in 2016, according to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives' annual Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss report released Tuesday. "It's a lot of guns in one place and one they [criminals] realize instead of having to find one gun on street corner or a dark alley they can go to a place where there's a lot of guns, and quite honestly, I think the word gets out," said Kevin O'Keefe, chief of the ATF's Operational Intelligence Division.
More than 9,200 firearms were stolen from federally licensed dealers last year, according to a new report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The figure represents a sharp increase from the year before - up nearly 51%, from 6,163 firearms stolen in 2015 - and continues a four-year uptick.
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives , a component of the Department of Justice, seeking records of communications related to a proposed reclassification that would effectively ban certain types of AR-15 ammunition as armor-piercing. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ).
Police and federal investigators are searching for two burglars who stole more than 30 weapons from a gun shop in Rockville, Md. Montgomery County police said they received an alert about an alarm going off around 3:50 a.m. Thursday at the United Gun Shop in the 5400 block of Randolph Road.
A 3-year-old accidentally shot a 17-month-old girl in her stomach inside a West Price Hill home Monday, a Hamilton County assistant prosecutor revealed in court Tuesday. Bond was set at $145,000 in a brief hearing for the 1-year-old's father, Cortez Reed, 27. He faces four charges in connection with his daughter's shooting: endangering children, obstructing official business, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Los Angeles police officers enter a house during a joint operation in 2009. Jae C. Hong/AP Officials in Los Angeles have asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents working in the city not to identify themselves as police.
Fire officials inspect a side door where an arson took place at the Daarus Salaam Mosque in Thonotosassa, Fla., Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Officials from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office, Fire Department and ATF talk outside the Daarus Salaam Mosque in Thonotosassa, Fla., after an arson there early Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.
Gun silencers: Safety device or marketing ploy? Ed Hughes attributes a good chunk of his hearing loss to his hobbies: hunting and competitive shooting. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://on-ydr.co/2lyKdbS The Freedom Armory Machine Works' Grenadier suppressor adds 8.5 inches on a .45 pistol.
Nearly 24 years after the Branch Davidian standoff began near Waco, some federal agents are opening up about their experiences that resulted in the worst day in the history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and ultimately the deaths of some 70 people inside the compound more than seven weeks later. ATF Agent Gary Orchowski tells the Houston Chronicle he's decided he owes it to the four agents killed that day to tell the story.
A couple recovering from a fire that saw their Georgia home destroyed was struck by devastating tragedy this week when a second blaze in as many years claimed not only their house, but two of their young children , authorities said. Michael Reeves and Chassity Carter had no choice but to rebuild when a fire that broke out in May left their mobile home inhabitable, ultimately parking a camper trailer on the same Brunswick lot for the family of five to live in.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives plans to send more agents to Chicago to help curb a surge in violence that claimed more than 750 lives there last year, a spokesman for the bureau's Chicago field division said on Friday night.
Furious Trump slams 'so-called' judge's decision to controversially halt his immigration order in morning Twitter tirade and claims 'certain Middle Eastern countries AGREE with the ban' BREAKING NEWS: Police arrest boyfriend, 25, of Texas college student, 22, missing since October after human remains were found in a shallow grave Is Trump ALREADY sending the 'feds' into Chicago? ATF is asking agents to transfer to the city to form a 'Crime Guns Strike Force' after president announced a crackdown on violence Revealed: Secret list of Netflix codes that will help you watch your favorite TV shows and films no matter where you live California sex offender, 48, who kidnapped and murdered four women over six-month span despite being tagged with a GPS monitoring device is sentenced to death Iran is set to 'showcase its power' with a missile test just a day after President Donald Trump imposed ... (more)
SEPTEMBER 16: Armed ATF agents stage on the 11th Street Bridge adjacent to the Navy Yard complex where a shooting took place early this morning September 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Early reports indicate that several people may have been shot, and police are still trying to determine the number of suspects involved in the shooting.
A U.S. law enforcement agency is considering transferring some federal agents to Chicago to combat violence in the nation's third-largest city, where homicides last year reached a 20-year high, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesman David Coulson declined to specify how many agents might be sent to Chicago, saying in an email "this continues to be fluid."
A tweet by President Trump Tuesday night signaled curbing violence in Chicago is near the top of his to-do list: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on I will send in the Feds!" But when pressed by ABC News' David Muir on what that means in an exclusive interview, Trump offered no specifics. "I want them to fix the problem.
Harlingen police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are looking for a suspect who stole a firearm from a Harlingen business. The theft occurred at the Bass Pro Shop earlier this week.
The nationally-famous Bill Goodman Gun & Knife Show will be held at the Wilson County Expo Center Jan., 28-29 after being forced out at the State Fairgrounds in Nashville amid what the show's organizer calls false accusations. "Let's start with the so-called 'gun show loophole'," says David Goodman, whose late father founded the Kentucky-based trade show 49 years ago and has made annual appearances at the Fairgrounds for 35 years.
Complaints mounted about the cluttered warehouse converted into an illegal artists' colony before a deadly blaze ripped through earlier this month, but few - if any - made it to the Oakland Fire Department. Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed said Tuesday there are no city records showing her department receiving concerns about the building , which former residents, neighbors and others say was the subject of numerous calls to 911.
The local field division for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced Sunday that its team has completed work at the scene of the lethal Dec. 2 Oakland warehouse fire that claimed 36 lives. The team left the fire's site in the 1300 block of 31st Avenue, but it is still being secured, according to a statement late Sunday afternoon from ATF spokeswoman Alexandria Corneiro.