The hits just keep coming for President Barack Obama’s administration. One of the guns that Mexican officials say was found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera is associated with Fast and Furious, a failed “gun-walking” operation, according to the Justice Department.
The department said in a letter to members of Congress that a .50-caliber rifle that Mexican officials sent for tracing after Guzman’s arrest in January has since been connected to Fast and Furious.
U.S. officials say the weapon was one of 19 firearms that Mexican authorities said was recovered from the hideout and was the only one determined to be associated with the botched sting operation, in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) permitted gun-runners to buy weapons in hopes of tracking them and disrupting gun smuggling rungs.
The rifle was bought in July 2010 in a straw purchase by someone not known to ATF at the time. The buyer was later identified and “became a subject” of the Fast and Furious investigation but was never indicted. The weapon is not known to be associated with any other crime, the Justice Department said.
A former U.S. official said four other firearms connected to Fast and Furious were found at a hideout in Culiacan, Mexico, where Guzman narrowly escaped capture in February 2014. He was captured about a week later in the seaside resort of Mazatlan.
The official was briefed on the case but not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
As of January, 885 firearms purchased by targets of Operation Fast and Furious had been recovered, according to the Justice Department. Several of those have been linked to violent crimes, including a 2010 firefight near the Mexican border during which Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was killed.
“ATF and the department deeply regret that firearms associated with Operation Fast and Furious have been used by criminals in the commission of violent crimes, particularly crimes resulting in the deaths of civilians and law enforcement officials,” Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik, head of the Justice Department’s legislative affairs office, wrote in a March 15 letter.
The letter was addressed to Sen. Charles Grassley, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. It follows a request for information on whether firearms tied to Fast and Furious had been found in Guzman’s hideout.
After escaping from a Mexican prison last year, Guzman was recaptured in January in the western state of Sinaloa after fleeing a safe house through a storm sewer. He remains in Mexican custody.
Mexican officials initially submitted eight rifles for tracing that they said were recovered from the home in Sinaloa where Guzman was captured. None of those weapons were found to be linked to Fast and Furious, the Justice Department said.
Later, Mexican law enforcement officials requested a trace on an additional 11 rifles they said had also been seized from the home, but unlike the other eight guns, had been sent to Mexico City prior to submission for tracing.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I know Mr. Obama, you are against GUNS in America………….WHY don’t you fell the same way about MEXICO……they are killing Americans. Please pass a LAW that will STOP THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM SELLING GUNS TO THE PEOPLE IN MEXICO.
THANK YOU. …………….DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE, OOPS, the word is CORRECT for a change.
RIP officer Brian Terry – WE WILL get to the truth WE the PEOPLE will hold the FEW who govern the many accountable for their criminal activities!
Yes we will!
How is Obama still in office?
How is Obama still in office ? I have posted several times on here. He would scream ” Racial Discrimination ” #TRUTH !!
Me i would not expect anything different. Why change now ?
Answer: Because the people of this country have not risen up and taken their country back.
because of stupid idiots, stupid cannot be fixed, because they are STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELL THAT AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN TO BY THAT IDIOT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
He does not plan to control Mexico, just the USA, but for how long,? Who knows???
Haven’t heard a single word of this revelation on the lame street medias. Go figure!!
The lame media will not tell the truth about anything, they just cover it up. The P.O.S. and all his minions need to be hung for treason.
Yes they do, Um ready to fight I’ve had enough of this!
Not wanting to leave this mess to my grandkids!
the media is OWNED by the head idiot in charge at the WH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President Obama has been trying to force gun control onto law abiding citizens. Maybe he and his administration should get out of selling guns to known criminals. Once again I’m reminded of the sheer incompetence which is the hallmark of this administration. President Obama is undoubtedly the worse president in American history.
Mr. President, if you want to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals stop selling firearms to them!!!!!!!!
Once again I repeat. Obama is not incompetent. His agenda is to destroy the US. He and his democrat and rino are doing an exceptional job of it. Study everything he has done since taking office. He has not done one positive thing for the country. God help America.
RJ,
Well said and truthful. Why is it that others cannot see through the clear glass.
We are counting on you Mr. Trump. You are our only possible savior.
As a born American and Marine Corps Vet, I hereby denounce the POTUS, one Barry Soetoro, Alias: Barack Hussein Obama as my President.
Please reply if you concur!
What took you so long – Jarhead ???? I said those same words back in 2009 after much research about the fraud in our WH.
Too bad that Obama and Holder can not be trialed for TREASON , l would love to see them hung or shot. They do not deserve just to be fines or short term jail term..
I so agree!
THANKS OBAMA.
we know one crook will lie for another that why they pick whom they want and trump got the [oints going and they dont like that but i amm for trump cause he telling truth about the ones needs to be thrown out go trump make america greater god bless usa
Right On
Go Trump!
Isn’t Obama the most crooked, conniving , treasonous piece of worthless pig dung ever to set foot in the oval office ???
you said it all
Yes!
Totally agree!
Yes and Hillary Clinton is also she has done all kinds of unlawful things and she needs prosecuted also wake up people she is just as bad as Obama why would anybody vote for her !!!! I say Trump for president he is the only one that has the balls to stand up and get our United States back like it should be this is our Country !!!!!
Remember “Fast and Furriest” down Mexico way????????
I’m so glad we have The Horn News so we can comment!
I had actuall got so fed up I posted something on FB.
You should have read the comments I got.
One friend begging me NOT to vote for Trump,
Others saying why such “mean attitude” and hostile? What? I had just made a comment!
No slurs!
No “mean” anything!
And by the way, we are entitled to our own opinion of who we want to vote for.
Some people just keep sleeping under a rock, and ignore what’s going on.
Obama is the worst president EVER.
I seldom post on FB anyway. Not worth the effort. Too many idiots on their and FB censors people for their conservative beliefs as well as our christian beliefs. i think they are communist just like the media.
Debbie,
A friend who says they won’t vote for Trump is no friend of yours because he/she is an enemy of the United States of America or just too stupid to be a friend.
This president and the entire Democratic party could lie their way out of hell!
This is no surprise because we all knew Obama/Boehner/Holder sold guns the the Mexican Cartel and tried to cover it up by lying about “how the guns got lost”, etc.
Right on Joan.
And just think of this:Tom Hartman of Russia Today has been recently beating his drums (and his gums) for a total ban on gun ownership here. Some people will never “get it” because they prefer to stay wilfully STUPID.
Well said Lester. Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Trump.
They don’t tell you of the guns that killed many and have been kept hush hush from fast and furious.
HOw does the justice Dept allow many illegal weapons in the hands of criminals and citizens are under attack not to carry any weapon?
How does the justice Dept allow many illegal weapons in the hands of criminals in USA and Mexico, with criminal records?
How does justice Dept allow many illegal weapons in the hands of criminals and they have not applied for a permit or background check as required by law?
How does this happen? Because it was intended to cause mayhem wiht illegals and drug lords using guns and then JD could say how bad guns are and outrage would occur and they could confiscate Americans weapons on the disguise that guns are bad. It was all about a gun grab ploy that went terribly bad.
All those guns could have been tracked, thier are ways to track anything with microdots, they are not tracked because they were never intended to be found.
Gun grab fast and furious did not work. Other examples have been tried since then but I don’t want to mention.
The next Supreme Court judge is the one they are hoping for now, who can get guns out of the hands of Americans so the communists can take over.
You see people were given the right for arms not just for security, but to secure thier freedoms against a government that has gone rogue.
In all honesty anyone who might be tempted to claim this is an UN-Expected Revelation is too Stupid to be allowed to vote.
And holder still has not been arrested for his crimes. It should never have been forgot or swept under the rug just because he left office.