The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is one of the most highly trained tactical units in U.S. law enforcement. Formed in 1982, it serves as the FBI’s full-time counterterrorism and hostage recovery ...

An FBI agent who shot and killed a hostage during a botched rescue mission in Houston in January has been sued. The lawsuit was filed by Brooke Pearce, the sister of Ulises Valladares, who was killed ...