the money shot... Just as Guzman Patino seemed ready to buy, according to the ATF records, the investigation into his activities abruptly ended. The documents do not explain why, and they don't indicate whether he obtained any weapons.
the money shot... Just as Guzman Patino seemed ready to buy, according to the ATF records, the investigation into his activities abruptly ended. The documents do not explain why, and they don't indicate whether he obtained any weapons.
Exactly! Patino was a top Sinaloa Cartel member and we all know by now that there was an agreement to fight the OTHER cartels allegedly because the FBI had a CI in Sinaloa and so Sinaloa was protected. I hope I'm not alone in thinking there is another reason Sinaloa Cartel was protected.
Of course, "our" people scored some good PR by arresting and convicting three underlings while investigations of the big boys "abruptly ended".
None of the three was included on the list of nine cartel leaders who were targeted in the operation. The U.S. attorney in Phoenix at the time, Dennis K. Burke, who later resigned over Fast and Furious, called the White Gun convictions "a tremendous team effort that put a stop to a well-financed criminal conspiracy to acquire massive destructive firepower."