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Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program
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| July 5, 2013, 12:45 p.m.
| Richard A. Serrano
Posted on 07/05/2013 4:45:01 PM PDT by Red Steel
WASHINGTON—A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF’s Fast and Furious controversy was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records, suggesting that weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have now made it into the hands of violent drug cartels deep inside Mexico.
Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, the police chief in the city of Hostotipaquillo, was shot to death Jan. 29 when gunmen intercepted his patrol car and opened fire. Also killed was one of his bodyguards. His wife and a second bodyguard were wounded.
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KEYWORDS: 2deadfeds; 300deadmexicans; ak47; atf; banglist; benghazi; brianterry; cia; coruption; criminalpresident; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; hsi; impeachnow; irs; jaimezapata; mexico; obama; politics; terry; wasr; zapata
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To: Red Steel
For the 5 millionth time, An AKM semi auto chambered for 7.62x39 is NOT a high powered rifle NOR is it an assault rifle.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:13:11 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: GBA
I say yes, they intended for someone, anyone, to be killed and weapons traced back to US amid cries from the media for more gun control.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:16:13 PM PDT
by
duffee
(NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
To: Red Steel
This is a high powered rifle.
This is NOT.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:16:27 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: LyinLibs
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:17:34 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Red Steel
Really brings into question the motives of our Administration in distributing guns to cartels and to jihadis through Libya and Syria. Is that where all the ammo and guns supposedly purchased for federal agencies went? They ay it was far more than what our military is stocked with. Just what is the Obama Administration up to and who is it benefitting?
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:50:38 PM PDT
by
marsh2
To: Red Steel
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:57:49 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:05:47 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Red Steel
Just another bump in Obama’s road.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:07:29 PM PDT
by
sport
To: Red Steel
To: Red Steel
I like how the POS L.A.Times helpfully renames Obunga’s failed attempt to bolster his 90% lie as a “gun tracking” operation.
To: Red Steel
Impeachment File on Benghazi Coward “B. Hussein Obama,” formerly known as Barry Soetoro, a Legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:59:13 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Red Steel
Obama and Holder's idea of allowing illegal guns to go to Mexico to support the false narrative that Mexican cartel violence is the fault of the US claims another victim.
They do not care how many people die.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:05:10 PM PDT
by
Gabrial
(The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
To: mylife
An AK-47 shoots a 154gr bullet about 2100fps.
That M91 shoots a 174gr at 2600fps.
I think that’s plenty close to say the AK-47 is high powered if that M91 is.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:13:37 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: 2nd amendment mama
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:35:17 PM PDT
by
basil
(2ASisters.org)
To: CodeToad; mylife
I think that’s plenty close to say the AK-47 is high powered if that M91 is. I was about to make the same argument.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:37:15 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Dave Mustaine for president.)
To: Red Steel
To: Red Steel
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:51:32 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...
Lest we forget. Miles to go before we sleep. Still looking for justice.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:56:05 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
To: CodeToad
Square the velocities and multiply by the mass. Power = Mv2.
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:01:27 PM PDT
by
batterycommander
(a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
To: CodeToad
Well, my point is don’t help the chuckle heads redefine a ruger 10/22 as a high powered assault rifle.
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:02:13 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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