Last defendant sentenced in US Border Patrol agent’s death

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The seventh and final defendant has been sentenced for the 2010 fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious.” Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga was given a 50-year prison term Wednesday in a Tucson court. The death of 40-year-old agent Brian Terry exposed the “Fast and Furious” operation in which federal agents allowed criminals to buy firearms with the intention of tracking them to criminal organizations. But the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lost track of most of the guns, including two found at the scene of Terry’s death near the Arizona-Mexico border.