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24-year-old is accused of murdering three children, a rabbi and three paratroopers in the past weeks but he does not have to go on trial because he is dead this morning. >> big new revelations in the failed fast & furious case sparking more revelation there was a huge government cover-up. atf agents captured lead gunrunning suspect accosta in may of 2010 but they did not hold him. instead, they released him after he promised to call them and work with them. no surprise, though, right? he never kept his promise. we're joined right now by fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano....

Accosta and his gang had bought 1100 assault weapons for $700,000. how? well, they had telephone pole mounted cameras outside his house and they saw money and guns change hands. now they actually had accosta smuggling ammunition illegally. what happened? they let him go. the case agent wrote her phone number on a $10 bill and told him to call when he returned to the u.s. well, did he come back. but there is notified that he ever called or cooperated. critics say this shows this wasn't about probable cause. this was about deliberately sending guns south, either to build a bigger case or to driv...

Suspect. but then for reasons that escape us, they let the guy go. william la jeunesse is live in our west coast newsroom with more on this. william? >> well, shepard, this could be the most damning evidence yet that the atf armed the cartel in hopes of catching the big fish. here is why. until now we have been told that the atf did not arrest those buying guns illegally because the agency lacked probable cause but according to atf report early 2010 arizona mexican border agents stopped ringleader manuel trying to smuggle 74 rounds of ak 47 ammunition hidden in his trunk. agents arrested him a...

>> on two occasions, that i know of, that weapons that atf were trying to walk in to mexico. ice actually intercede and seized those weapons. >> he says it happened in this checkpoint in arizona. the seizures led to intraagency fight. customs and enforcement was told not to interfere with the fast and furious investigation. an ice agent was part of the atf task force that allowed 2,000 weapons to be smuggled to mexico. >> the dea also helped providing intelligence on accosta the suspected ring leader of the enwiths smuggling. >> the atf shares the same wire room inside the building with the de...

>> on two occasions, that i know of, that weapons that atf were trying to walk in to mexico. ice actually intercede and seized those weapons. >> he says it happened in this checkpoint in arizona. the seizures led to intraagency fight. customs and enforcement was told not to interfere with the fast and furious investigation. an ice agent was part of the atf task force that allowed 2,000 weapons to be smuggled to mexico. >> the dea also helped providing intelligence on accosta the suspected ring leader of the enwiths smuggling. >> the atf shares the same wire room inside the building with the de...