Law enforcement briefly detained 17 men of Middle Eastern descent in a remote part of Apple Valley, Calif., after campers said they heard chanting and hundreds of gunshots Sunday morning.
The failed gun-walking operation known as Fast and Furious has been linked to a .50-caliber rifle found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
A woman trying to board a flight was stopped when security found bullet-lined platform shoes with revolvers for heels.
Congressional leaders are demanding answers from Homeland Security following the discovery that it lost 165 firearms in three years.
The FBI and DEA, for example, have failed to adequately minimize risks connected with gun investigations, the report stated.
Shaw took over the Boston office in October and said his experience in counter-terrorism will help crack down on extremists.
Stolen were two 40-caliber Glocks and one .45-caliber handgun as the vehicle was parked in a residential neighborhood of Benicia, FBI spokeswoman Gina Swankie said.
The TSA reported that more than 80% of the guns were loaded.
