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Over 100 ‘Fast & Furious’ ATF Guns Found In Mexico Cartel Safehouse

Over 100 Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home

Over 100 Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home

100 high-powered assault weapons, acquired under the ATF’s growing Fast and Furious gun running scandal, have been recovered in a single drug cartel safehouse.

The illegally purchased Fast and Furious weapons, including an antiaircraft machine gun, a sniper rifle, and a grenade launcher, among many high-powered assault rifles. were transported 350 miles, from Phoenix to El Paso, where they were recovered.

This is just 100 of the thousands of guns that the ATF allowed to be illegally purchased, and did not track after the sale. The other guns are currently being used to kill people in Mexico drug wars.

High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program in Phoenix ended up in a home belonging to the purported top Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose organization was terrorizing that city with the worst violence in the Mexican drug wars.

In all, 100 assault weapons acquired under Fast and Furious were transported 350 miles from Phoenix to El Paso, making that West

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ATF Manager: White House Knew About ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Trafficking Scheme

No wonder why we have started receiving and reading reports about the Obama administration intimidating witnesses into not testifying during the investigation into their ‘Fast and Furious’ gun trafficking scheme. The ultra-corrupt Obama administration probably just didn’t want it to come out that they knew about the gun trafficking scheme, and did absolutely nothing to stop criminals from using the ATF’s guns in crimes in the U.S. and Mexico.

The Obama administration should be held responsible for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry!

At a lengthy hearing on ATF’s controversial gunwalking operation today, a key ATF manager told Congress he discussed the case with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010. The communications were between ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office, Bill Newell, and White House National Security Director for North America Kevin O’Reilly. Newell said the two are longtime friends. The content of what Newell shared with O’Reilly is unclear and wasn’t fully explored at the hearing.

It’s the first time anyone has publicly stated that a White House

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