allow criminals to buy large quantities of deadly firearms that will inevitably leave a long trail of blood in both Mexico and the United States.
It doesn't matter which side of the gun control issue you are on.
It may well turn out that our government was even financing the purchase of these weapons.
Gun-smuggling cartel figures possibly were paid FBI informants
Probe reveals that the U.S. agency running the 'Fast and Furious' anti-gun-trafficking operation didn't know about the alleged FBI informants. Congressional investigators are looking into the matter.By Richard A. Serrano, Washington Bureau
July 17, 2011
Reporting from Washington—
Congressional investigators probing the controversial "Fast and Furious" anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at least six Mexican drug cartel figures involved in gun smuggling also were paid FBI informants, officials said Saturday.
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In a letter to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, the investigators asked why U.S. taxpayers' money apparently was paid to Mexican cartel members who have terrorized the border region for years in their efforts to smuggle drugs into this country, and to ship U.S. firearms into Mexico.emphasis added***snip***
The FBI and DEA did not tell the ATF about the alleged informants. The ATF and congressional investigators learned later that those agencies apparently were paying cartel members whom the ATF wanted to arrest.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x437676 It's not a "good" story. It is a tragic story.
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