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Rifle found at El Chapo hideout tied to Fast and Furious
NY Post ^ | 4/16/16 | AP

Posted on 03/16/2016 5:09:32 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Rifle found at El Chapo hideout tied to Fast and Furious

WASHINGTON — One of the guns that Mexican officials say was found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera has been found to be 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 been connected to Fast and Furious.

Officials say the weapon was one of 19 firearms that Mexican authorities said were 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 allowed 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 came under investigation but was never indicted. The weapon is not known to be associated with any other crime, the Justice Department says.

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KEYWORDS: 2deadfeds; 300deadmexicans; atf; banglist; bhodoj; brianterry; cia; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; hsi; ice; jaimezapata; obama; terry; zapata
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1 posted on 03/16/2016 5:09:32 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
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“The rifle was bought in July 2010 in a straw purchase by someone not known to ATF at the time. “

Sure. They have been so cooperative and forthcoming about Fast and Furious so far.


2 posted on 03/16/2016 5:12:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That rifle could even be signed by Eric Holder, the signature and dedication to El Chapo burnt deeply into the the wood, and democrats would still give him a pass for the ‘misunderstanding’.


3 posted on 03/16/2016 5:12:53 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
related thread
4 posted on 03/16/2016 5:14:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

TREASON - continuous, in-your-face, agenda-driven, agency-abetted, representative-enabled, media-complicit, ongoing...


5 posted on 03/16/2016 5:19:35 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: PGalt

It’s not their fault. Treason is the only way to overthrow a government from the inside. What other choice do they have ?

; )


6 posted on 03/16/2016 5:26:36 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: PGalt
Let's call Fast and Furious what it is. State-sponsored terrorism.
7 posted on 03/16/2016 5:28:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

Poor stupid Holder should have called Brennan to get the best CIA directions for arming the cartel he favors.


8 posted on 03/16/2016 5:30:32 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Late to the party.

Fast & Furious Guns Found in El Chapo Compound as Obama Scandal Cover-Up Loses in Federal Court ^

9 posted on 03/16/2016 5:31:58 PM PDT by Elderberry
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This was only done so they could turn around with statistics showing 'assault weapons' were purchased in the US and ended up in Cartel hands, used in committing crimes. There had been a lot of braying about how firearms which originated in the US were used in crimes in Mexico, but the numbers didn't add up. This was an attempt by the DOJ and BATFE to 'fix' their numbers problem for the express purpose of infringing on the 2nd Amendment Rights of American Citizens.

As such, and being organized, it is in effect a conspiracy to deprive Americans of a fundamental Civil Right, performed under color of Law.

All the persons from the DOJ, BATFE and any supporting organizations should be facing charges and Civil Suits.

10 posted on 03/16/2016 5:36:30 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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My suspicion from the beginning, and it is only that, is that F&F was a Hillary plan given to 0bama and carried out by Holder. It just sounds like one of her half-baked malevolent ideas to me.

Until further information is pried loose the only substantive connection I know of is that Hillary was out there publicly promoting the “river of guns to Mexico” theme until this story broke and that all went silent.


11 posted on 03/16/2016 5:38:32 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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0dunga's plot to flood Mexico with firearms thus escalating violence to force more MEXICANS to flee to the United States..

0dunga's plot to arm ISIS with American military hardware thus escalating violence to force more MUSLIMS to flee into Europe and the United States..

A tale of two similar plots.

12 posted on 03/16/2016 5:48:24 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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He doesn’t think of anything himself though. Libya was another Hillary crack pot idea. The whole Arab Spring thing was.


13 posted on 03/16/2016 5:51:59 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I for one am shocked that our government would do something like that. (/sarc)


14 posted on 03/16/2016 5:54:15 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

What a surprise, eh?


15 posted on 03/16/2016 6:04:36 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’m shocked that the controlled partisan biased media covers for Obama, while they screw the rest of the USA.


16 posted on 03/16/2016 6:07:32 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Political correctness should be defined as news media that exposes political corruption)
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To: lee martell

Genius Obama, what happened if i am correct is that the sinalola cartel (that chapo leads) is far more dangerous then los zetas,

Los zetas were so violent that they skinned people alive,cut there hands off and castrated the victims and put the gentials into the palms of the dismember hands of victims, ive seen those pictures and im not posting them.

they were a borderline death cult and because of how insane Zetas was they wiped them self out,

they worpshipped saint morte (saint death) and its members saw glory in going out gun blazing like going into police stations and shoot them up and get killed.

Chapo Cartel is more dangerous because they are more business like and are not in the drug business to die gun blazing, so obama was so smart to arm the cartel that would win the war.

los zetas would have wiped themself out anyway and obama armed the ones that would win anyway , Zetas burned out because almost all its members are dead


17 posted on 03/16/2016 6:18:38 PM PDT by The Right wing Infidel
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Baisicly who are more dangerous, a stupid death cult that losses members faster then they gain or a cartel like chapo which is ruined like a successful fortune 500 company that is international and keeps growing

What ive read about chapo is that hes a bushiness genius and would have made a killing if he had been in wall street


18 posted on 03/16/2016 6:22:15 PM PDT by The Right wing Infidel
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Hang the Treasonous Bastards (Obama and holder).


19 posted on 03/16/2016 6:32:14 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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I have heard that about the Zetas. Thanks for NOT posting those torture photos. Sean Penn may want to employ Secret Service for an extended period of time. I doubt very much if everyone in El Chapo’s gang is ‘cool’ with Sean more or less facilitating Chapo’s rearrest. I’m sure they know where he and his family are at any given moment.


20 posted on 03/16/2016 6:32:23 PM PDT by lee martell
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