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| CBS News: 'Fast and Furious' Gun Found At Site Where Mexican Beauty Queen Killed | |
| 2012-12-19 | |
| A gun found at the scene of a shootout between a Mexican drug cartel and soldiers where a beauty queen died was part of the botched "Fast and Furious" operation, CBS News reports. Authorities had said that Maria Susana Flores Gamez was likely used as a human shield and that an automatic rifle had been found near her body after the Nov. 23 shootout. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells CBS News that the Justice Department did not notify Congress that a Fast and Furious firearm was found at the scene in Sinaloa.
The "Fast and Furious" operation was launched in 2009 to catch trafficking kingpins, but agents lost track of about 1,400 of the more than 2,000 weapons involved. Authorities say the ring was believed to have supplied the Sinaloa cartel with guns. Mexico's drug cartels often seek out guns in the U.S. because gun laws in Mexico are more restrictive than in the U.S. Some guns purchased by the ring were later found at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States. The operation came to light after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed in December 2010 by marijuana smugglers who used guns from the "Fast and Furious" operation. Federal authorities who conducted the operations have faced tough criticism for allowing suspected straw gun buyers for a smuggling ring to walk away from gun shops in Arizona with weapons, rather than arrest them and seize the guns. Several Republicans have called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder due to the botched operation. | |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 "The trafficked guns end up murdering American and Mexican citizens and there is no outrage and fury by citizens and the press?" I doubt most of the citizens know anything about it, John. And if the ones who vote D do know, it's overshadowed by dreaming up new stuff they can demand from As for the press, it's not like anyone was killed who they actually know. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-12-19 18:28 |
| #6 Govmint illegal gun traffickers have gun control as an agenda? The trafficked guns end up murdering American and Mexican citizens and there is no outrage and fury by citizens and the press? Something's very wrong with this picture. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-12-19 16:59 |
| #5 When Holder was declared "In Contempt of Congress" over F&F but was not prosecuted, the jig was up. The Rule of Law was finished. They know it, we know it. It is what it is. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-12-19 01:36 |
| #4 This whole operation should have been enough to bring down and administration. Just shows how much the MSM, the federal machine, dhimocrats and the lack of Republican backbone have led to a coup d'état of our Republic. Our founding fathers are rolling in their graves. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-12-19 01:26 |
| #3 I love how CBS spins it - "botched" operation. The operation worked exactly as planned! "Lost track of the weapons" that was the entire point! Nice job, mainstream media. Those evil Republicans, always wanting to prosecute people for innocent mistakes. |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-12-19 01:05 |
| #2 Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells CBS News that the Justice Department did not notify Congress that a Fast and Furious firearm was found at the scene in Sinaloa. Might explain why DoJ and State have said or appear to have done very little about the former Marine, Jon Hammer's detention in Mexico. Might also explain the Champ's recent lament about.... "gun control being a complex issue". Now that the Gamez story is out however, he's media full-bore into the "Assault Gun Ban". Typical administration...."best defense is a good offense" strategy. Smooth operator, that Champ. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-12-19 00:29 |
| #1 A war against women, too? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-12-19 00:26 |