Thursday, December 22, 2011

There's that old Texas connection again. . . LA Times: "Reputed Mexican cartel chief charged in killing of U.S. agent."

Well, well, discovery in this case should prove interesting.
A reputed Mexican drug cartel leader was charged in the ambush slaying this year of a U.S. immigration officer in Mexico — a killing that set off a massive search for the assailants on both sides of the border.
Julian Zapata Espinoza, an alleged chief with the Zetas cartel, pleaded not guilty in a brief court appearance Wednesday in the killing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata on Feb. 15. He and another agent, who was wounded, were ambushed in their car by a convoy of vehicles in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. . .
According to an internal report by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, three firearms with obliterated serial numbers were recovered by Mexican authorities after the shooting. The serial numbers were raised by U.S. agents, and the firearms were subsequently traced.
One of the weapons was "traced directly" to Otilio Osorio Jr. of Lancaster, Texas. Ballistics testing further confirmed the weapon "was used in the murder" of Zapata, the ATF report said. It had been illegally purchased at a gun store in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Osorio, 22, pleaded guilty in October to three counts of weapons violations.
Lawmakers in Washington who are investigating the ATF's bungled Fast and Furious operation, which attempted to track illegally purchased guns on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, have contended that Osorio was known to the ATF as an illegal purchaser. But, they said, the ATF failed for three months to file reports on his activities, and did not do so until Feb. 25, the same day the ATF traced the Zapata murder weapon back to Osorio.

6 comments:

SWIFT said...

I have to wonder with the heat being turned up in Texas; if it had anything to do with the retirement of ATF SAC Dewey Webb. Earlier in the week, Dewey announced his retirement after 31 years of official oppression, operating under the color of law and other forms of malice and malfeasance. Of course, he may have reached the age where you are shown the door.

Anonymous said...

"...Osorio was known to the ATF as an illegal purchaser. But, they said, the ATF failed for three months to file reports on his activities, and did not do so until Feb. 25, the same day the ATF traced the Zapata murder weapon back to Osorio."

Coincidence? NOT! Somebody realized they had their ass in a jam and delayed releasing the connections between Osario, the gun and Zapata's murder until the report was officially filed. They filed the report only because they knew the ensuing shit storm was going to color them with a stain they couldn't wash off.

One is left to wonder whether or not Osario wasn't actually an ATF or DEA CI?

Longbow said...

Quote:

"But, they said, the ATF failed for three months to file reports on his activities, and did not do so until Feb. 25, the same day the ATF traced the Zapata murder weapon back to Osorio."

So as soon as he was identified as the suspect in the killing of a Law Imposement officer, they filed charges against him. They filed charges that very day! Had he killed mere mortal, say you or me, he would have walked.

Whatcha wanna bet?

Ashrak said...

From botched to bungled.

Maybe, at some point, the "only ones" and the "authorized" will finally evolve far enough to tell the truth. Someday they may well say, "unlawful" to describe GunWalker.

Meanwhile, my gut still tells me that New Mexico still has a major player part to play. That and umm Hezballah.......

Anonymous said...

Ask any coyote,
not only the coyotes know
those who pay and those who own
the coyotes know and many others.

The elites of the evil cult in D.S. know too, and they are so
prideful they think we know nothing

Anonymous said...

Court proceedings will be sealed in 3..2...1.