Two convicted of killing Border Patrol agent; incident exposed Fast and Furious operation. Associated Press. A jury has found two men guilty of murder in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal operation known as Fast and Furious. The jury found Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza and Ivan Soto-Barraza guilty of all counts. Jurors had begun deliberations Wednesday afternoon,...
Resolved Question: The purpose of the Bonus Army march on Washington in 1932 was to: gain crop subsidies for Midwestern farmers. demand the resignation or impeachment of Herbert Hoover. persuade Congress to approve the early payment of bonuses due to World War I veterans.
The Bonus Army was not actually and army. It was a group of picketers (protestors). The picketers consisted mostly of World War I veterans and their families. Congress had votâ¦ed them a bonus for their war service in 1924 (thus the name Bonus Army). Since this was during the Great Depression, the WWI veterans needed their bonuses quickly. However, thousands of these people (said to have been 20,000) were going to get their bonus years from then.