Post Tagged with: "Mexican drug cartel violence"

July 6, 2011 05:00

Mexican lawmakers want to put US officials on trial for gunrunning scandal

Fast and Furious is the name of the deadly sting ATF operation that watched U.S. guns cross the border into Mexico and failed to keep track of them. Mexican lawmakers are now calling for the extradition of U.S. officials responsible for the failed operation to stand trial for the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans. Congressman Darrell Issa says the scandal leads to the top. Some believe the Obama administration allowed this deadly plan as a way to justify gun bans by executive order.

May 9, 2011 04:55

Government allowing guns to Mexican drug cartels

Senator Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is trying to get to the bottom of the ATF’s disastrous gunrunning sting known as project gunrunner. Weapons the ATF allowed into the hands of Mexican drug cartels have been found at Mexican crime scenes including the murder of a US agent.