Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious' border killing

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Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious' border killing
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A man convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in a case that exposed a botched federal gun program known as “Fast and Furious” was sentenced to life in prison.

Michelle Balogh, right, and Kelly Willis speak to reporters Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 following the sentencing of the Mexican man who killed their brother, U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, in December 2010, outside court in Tucson, Ariz. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, in a case that exposed a botched federal gun program known as "Fast and Furious" has been sentenced to life in prison.

Osorio-Arellanes is one of seven defendants who were charged in the slaying of Terry. Osorio-Arellanes was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges last year after being extradited from Mexico in 2018. The Terry family has flown from Michigan to Tucson to attend hearings in the several cases tied to Brian’s death. On Wednesday, his two sisters spoke tearfully about life without their youngest brother. Terry “was a man filled with so much dedication to keeping our country safe,” sister Kelly Willis said. He lit up every room he walked in had a beautiful smile, she added.Terry, 40 and a former U.S.

“I think you know what the law is of the United States but you refuse to accept it,” Bury said. “In the United States if you take the life of a human being while committing another felony, that’s murder in our country by statute.”

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