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ATF: 68,000 Guns Recovered in Mexico Trace to US
Epoch Times ^ | April 26, 2012 | Alex Johnston

Posted on 04/26/2012 10:33:36 PM PDT by neverdem

Mexican authorities have recovered around 68,000 guns that traced back to the United States in the past five years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) said on Thursday.

“Since 2007, trace data shows a trend in recovered and submitted crime guns from Mexico shifting from pistols and revolvers to rifles,” the ATF said in a statement.

The agency added that reports from officials in Mexico show “certain types of rifles, such as the AK and AR variants with detachable magazines, are used more frequently to commit violent crime by drug trafficking organizations.”

The ATF said it was able to trace back 68,000 of more than 99,000 guns that were submitted by Mexican authorities.

Mexican officials in the past have complained that drug cartels often wind up with U.S.-sourced guns in their bloody wars against each other and the army.

Related Articles Mexico Seizes Massive Cache of Ammo Coming From US

At least 47,000 people have been killed in the conflict since President Felipe Calderon directed the army to act against cartels in 2006.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Mexico
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; borderwars; corruption; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; govtabuse; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; ice; obama; undertheradar
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Here comes the agitprop. How many came from the U.S. gov't? They're still mum about Fast and Furious.
1 posted on 04/26/2012 10:33:37 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
So, where are they going to hold the big Gun Sale?
2 posted on 04/26/2012 10:36:27 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: neverdem

How many guns were not submitted to the ATF because the Mexican government knew they were either locally-sourced or from South America?


3 posted on 04/26/2012 10:39:35 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: neverdem

I have an idea, let’s just keep Mexicans from crossing the border into our country illegally.


4 posted on 04/26/2012 10:47:16 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: neverdem
Here comes the agitprop. How many came from the U.S. gov't?

I'll bet the match is over 70% (my gut says 90%). Reason is that weapons from the US would be so expensive as to be uncompetitive on the black market.

Wouldn't you just love to have the ATF F&F serial number file to compare with those from recovered weapons in Mexico? Frankly, it's amazing they've been able to keep the wraps on that data for so long.

5 posted on 04/26/2012 10:50:49 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RINOcrat Party is still in charge. There has never been a conservative American government.)
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To: neverdem
The agency added that reports from officials in Mexico show “certain types of rifles, such as the AK and AR variants with detachable magazines, are used more frequently to commit violent crime by drug trafficking organizations.”

Oh, gee, I guess that we need to ban them.

/s

BTW, they forgot to call them "high powered assault weapons". Must be getting careless.

6 posted on 04/26/2012 10:57:01 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: neverdem

Fats and Furious has pretty much destroyed the gun grabber’s lies about US guns in Mexico.


7 posted on 04/26/2012 10:58:42 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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The ATF said it was able to trace back 68,000 of more than 99,000 guns that were submitted by Mexican authorities.

At least 47,000 people have been killed in the conflict since President Felipe Calderon directed the army to act against cartels in 2006.

Geez, that's about the same numbers the Brady bunch screams will happen every time there's a pro-gun law passed in the US.

8 posted on 04/26/2012 11:03:44 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: neverdem

Hopefully, this will inspire the Obama Administration to cease future gun shipments to the cartels.


11 posted on 04/26/2012 11:19:40 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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How many of these ‘American weapons’ are U.S. military arms provided to the Mexican armed forces as part of our multi-billion dollar military assistance programs?


12 posted on 04/26/2012 11:23:47 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: neverdem

How many were sold to the Mexican gubment and then stolen?


13 posted on 04/26/2012 11:28:10 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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How many of these ‘American weapons’ are U.S. military arms provided to the Mexican armed forces as part of our multi-billion dollar military assistance programs?

At least for the rifles, probably most of those not part of Fast And Furious/Gunwalker.

Although the Mexican Army tends to favor H&K rifles, plus their indigenous knock off of H&K (it's not identical, but clearly derived from the H&K.

14 posted on 04/26/2012 11:36:53 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: neverdem

And Fast and Furious will forever be hidden away.....unless some one high up gets indicted and has to submit sworn testimony before a judge. Not a congressional committee, a judge.


15 posted on 04/26/2012 11:42:15 PM PDT by BIGLOOK
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trace data shows a trend in recovered and submitted crime guns

If my memory serves me, the last time this came up it was reported that the guns found in Mexico were first screened by Mexican authorities and those thought to be American were segregated and submitted to the US for analysis. Much to the Justice dept's suprise, most of the "submitted" guns were in fact of American origin. Looks to be the same BS here again.

Isn't there a saying that "insanity is trying the same thing over and over again expecting a different result?"

16 posted on 04/26/2012 11:45:58 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Time to finish the Reagan Revolution! - RightyPics.com)
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To: neverdem

68,000 pounds of cocaine recovered in U.S. traced to Mexico (and that’s not even a full year).


17 posted on 04/27/2012 12:18:04 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: neverdem

Media providing cover for “Fast and furious”.

Bull Hockey!


18 posted on 04/27/2012 12:43:05 AM PDT by ChiMark (chewed up his body for a decade)
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To: neverdem

Effin... Lieyuhs...


19 posted on 04/27/2012 12:45:32 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: neverdem

So, this is what has been paying for all those spiffy new BATFE hats, t-shirts and steroids?


20 posted on 04/27/2012 12:58:17 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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