Springs Family Sues FBI Over Shooting By Rogue Informant
ABC 7 News Thursday 3rd February, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs family is suing the federal government, claiming FBI created a ticking time bomb by giving alcohol, money and access to drugs and guns to a rogue informant who later shot up their home.The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Suzie Baltazar, her 4-year-old son Alejandro Perez, and her aunt Diane Baltazar, the
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