According to some sources, as many as 150 Mexican citizens have lost their lives to these weapons.
Secondly, they could not have tracking devices because the sales were directly from stores where the owners were directed by the BATFE to proceed with the sale even though the store owner suspected these were straw purchases.
In other words, the BATFE allowed these sales to go through without being on the premises. There was no chance to arrest these guys or to plant tracking devices in the firearms.
Erik,
I’ve been looking since you posted an hour ago. Read this article;
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Issa-Cummings-gunrunner-ATF/2011/04/21/id/393710
“When the ATFs Project Gunrunner began in 2005 under the Bush administration, the agency didnt allow guns to be taken over the border into Mexico.”
Still looking for info on tracking devices in stocks. Know I read that here a few days ago.
Here’s an “interesting site;
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2011/06/project-gunrunner-what-it-really-was.html