Three More Murders Linked To Operation Fast And Furious…
(CBS News) — Weapons linked to ATF’s controversial “Fast and Furious” operation have been tied to at least eight violent crimes in Mexico including three murders, four kidnappings and an attempted homicide.
According to a letter from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the disclosed incidents may be only a partial list of violent crimes linked to Fast and Furious weapons because “ATF has not conducted a comprehensive independent investigation.”
When added to the guns found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in the U.S., the newly-revealed murders in Mexico bring the total number of deaths linked to Fast and Furious to four.
According to the Justice Department letter:
One AK-47 type assault rifle purchased by a Fast and Furious suspect was recovered Nov. 14, 2009 in Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexico after the Mexican military rescued a kidnap victim.
On July 1, 2010, two AK-47 type assault rifles purchased by Fast and Furious suspects were recovered in Sonora, Mexico after a shootout between cartels. Two murders were reported in the incident using the weapons.
On July 26, 2010, a giant .50 caliber Barrett rifle purchased by a Fast and Furious suspect was recovered in Durango, Mexico after apparently having been fired. No further details of the incident were given.
On Aug. 13, 2010, two AK-47 type assault rifles purchased by a Fast and Furious target were recovered in Durango, Mexico after a confrontation between the Mexican military and an “armed group.”
On Nov. 14, 2010, two AK-47 type assault rifles purchased by Fast and Furious targets were recovered in Chihuahua, Mexico after “the kidnapping of two individuals and the murder of a family member of a Mexican public official.” Sources tell CBS News they believe this is a reference to a case we previously reported on: the terrorist kidnapping, torture and murder of Mario Gonzalez Rodriguez. Rodriguez was the brother of then-attorney general Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez. The terrorists released video of Rodriguez before his death, in handcuffs surrounded by hooded gunmen.
On May 27, 2011, three AK-47 type assault rifles purchased by Fast and Furious targets were recovered in Jalisco, Mexico after having been fired. No other details of the incident were provided, but the date and location match with another incident previously reported by CBS News. On May 27 near Jalisto, cartel members fired upon a Mexican government helicopter, forcing it to make an emergency landing. According to one law enforcement source, 29 suspected cartel members were killed in the attack.
Posted by ZIP on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at 9:46 pm | 
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Accessory to Murder.
Holder needs to be arraigned…NOW.
WAY to go holder u bumbing jackass! let some more bombers loose jackOFF!!!
Holder says “Move on, nothing to be seen here”…I am the DOJ
busted
again.
Not only Holder, Incompetano and Comrade Barry. I wouldn’t be surprised if WH fixer, Valerie Jarrett, was in on it, too.
International gun smuggling. Providing weapons to insurgents trying to topple a legitimate Allied government and establish a Narco State. Forcing American citizens to participate in a conspiracy with an ultimate goal to subvert the second amendment “under the radar”. Regular reports to the WH.
But no one knew anything.
Justice for the victims!!
When will Issa get off his lazy RINO ass and assign a special prosecutor?
Everybody that has any connection to this needs to be in a federal correctional facility.
Collateral damage for the regime. Calling Rep, Issa your table is ready.
My oh my – a 50 BMG Barrett. Can’t wait to see what “other” weapons will be turning up soon.
@er
Exactly.
TTAG has an archive of the whole fiasco.
http://thetruthaboutguns.com/category/atf-death-watch/
American tax dollars paid for those weapons. The entire DOJ needs to be taken out in chains as traitors to America, the pos needs to be charged with espionage!
Holder needs to be in an orange jumpsuit. As does most of this administration.
The house of cards seems to have a wind storm on the way.
How can the media just sit on their hands when this is potentially the biggest story since Chappaquiddick.
Sort of took the steam out of all the lib angst against gun shows when the Obama boys held the biggest tent sale in history – with no ID check required!
Liberals – weapons grade stupid…..errrr, pardon the pun.
But if I sold a gun to my brother w/o doing the transfer, And the gun was stolen and used in a crime . I would be the one going to prison.
I want these Criminals punished to the letter of the Law all the way to the top.
Still waiting to find out where the IHOP shooter got his 2 AK-47s and handgun.
@idahosauce
Accessory to Murder.
Thank you, idahosauce!
What we have here is yet another reason for Vince Foster to roll over in his grave!
Bartholomew Roberts
Holy hell! A freakin’ Barret .50?! WOW! Now I’m curious to see what else they have found.
Time to hold the BATFE and the OBAMA ADMINASTRATION total liable and assesory to 1st degree murder
@RichardD
Lookie here
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/launcher-54726-grande-grenade.html
U. S. Border Patrol agents seized six assault rifles, one rocket launcher, a grenade launcher, and three packages of what appeared to be C-4 explosives Tuesday near the Rio Grande. They were turned over to the BATFE. No word yet if they’re F&F related.
I want that barret!
@lookie here… a town like Fronton, Tx pop. 500 are a dime a dozen along the Rio grande, all towns along the Rio grande are populated by people with direct descendants from the Mexican side of the Rio grande, seeing that there are now ghost towns on the MX side leaves little to the imagination that if the drug cartel tells you to sneeze on the MX side for sure they are going to sneeze on the US side as well, there is definite creeping narco terror in so Texas. Another crack of dawn and no gov in the Gov’s mansion, to many for my likes.
Holy shit… a Barret????
You kidding me? Whats next, theyll be handing out an Abrams?
This should be the end of this administration, but I haven’t heard a peep out of the Republicans who should be deep in impeachment hearings against Eric Holder and Obamee right now.
The good news is they’ll be gone in just over a year anyway.
Will our next Republican president in January 2012 have the stones to fight back in the narco war crossing our borders?
Lightwave, do you mean Romney? Sadly, no.