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CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel
http://www.businessinsider.com ^ | Jan. 13, 2014 | Michael Kelley

Posted on 01/13/2014 4:03:40 PM PST by Para-Ord.45

The DEA agents met with members of the cartel in Mexico to obtain information about their rivals and simultaneously built a network of informants who sign drug cooperation agreements, subject to results, to enable them to obtain future benefits, including cancellation of charges in the U.S.," reports El Universal

Operation Fast and Furious was part of an agreement to finance and arm the cartel in exchange for information used to take down its rivals. (If true, that re-raises the issue regarding what Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun-running arrangements.)

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KEYWORDS: 2deadfeds; 300deadmexicans; atf; banglist; brianterry; dea; dhs; doj; ericholder; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; hsi; jaimezapata; obama; terry; wod; wosd; zapata
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An investigation by El Universal has found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs in exchange for information on rival cartels.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1#ixzz2qKJ4Pj9O

1 posted on 01/13/2014 4:03:40 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Para-Ord.45

Obama/Soetoro & Holder KNEW and ordered it ?


2 posted on 01/13/2014 4:04:13 PM PST by Para-Ord.45 ( Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Lots of damning stuff popping up while the media waves the Chris Christie flag.


3 posted on 01/13/2014 4:04:30 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Thank you. This is a question that occurred to me recently, that if it was true that we were working with one of the cartels, giving them immunity in exchange for information on their rivals, and if it was true that we were running guns to “the cartel” as a supposed “investigation” that never achieved even one arrest...

Was the cartel we immunized the same cartel we armed?

And now it appears that the answer is “yes”.

It seems that the way to run drugs and guns with impunity is to call it an “investigation”. That way if investigators from rival law enforcement agencies run across it, you just tell them to back off, its federal. Back off, this is “deep cover” stuff. And that’s “billions” of dollars, with a “b”.


4 posted on 01/13/2014 4:10:23 PM PST by marron
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To: Para-Ord.45

The District of Criminals just doing the job Americans won’t do.


5 posted on 01/13/2014 4:13:00 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Rogue agency...


6 posted on 01/13/2014 4:13:12 PM PST by varmintman
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To: Para-Ord.45

What was the “benefit” for the USA?


7 posted on 01/13/2014 4:17:37 PM PST by Yaelle
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I wonder what the Mexican government will think about this.

I doubt very much that the Ones’ administration consulted them on this operation.

8 posted on 01/13/2014 4:18:40 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Yaelle

Probably MS-13 info, people, etc?


9 posted on 01/13/2014 4:19:07 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: marron

The cartel has always been run by the us government..now they are consolidating for max profit. If folks think the drugs are coming in on the backs of somd poor mexican, think agai n, oil tankers full daily to meet the supply needs..


10 posted on 01/13/2014 4:21:16 PM PST by aces
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To: Para-Ord.45

This brings to mind the story of General Gutierrez Rebollo, who gained fame for leading a bloody war against the Mexican cartels and was briefly appointed as Mexico’s drug czar based on his reputation.

And in fact he did lead a bloody war against the cartels. On behalf of another cartel. He spent the rest of his life in prison, just died a few days ago.


11 posted on 01/13/2014 4:24:35 PM PST by marron
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To: Para-Ord.45

I don’t see why one utterly corrupt organization shouldn’t make a deal with another utterly corrupt organization to further their mutual utter corruption.

To even think of prohibiting such or even expecting that such should not occur seems utterly ridonkulous ;/


12 posted on 01/13/2014 4:25:09 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Yaelle; Para-Ord.45
What was the “benefit” for the USA?

Good point.

If the purpose of the War On Drugs is to reduce the supply of illicit drugs in the US how does giving free reign to one drug cartel to import drugs cut the supply?

13 posted on 01/13/2014 4:27:37 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Wow. The Democrats must have been fueling their campaigns with drug money from Mexico.


14 posted on 01/13/2014 4:29:11 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Yaelle

Filling up the prisons with a labor force composed of middlemen dealers that the government essentially supplied the drugs to in order to bust them...


15 posted on 01/13/2014 4:29:19 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Para-Ord.45

This just confirms that we are a narco-terrorist state.

Cat’s out of the ol’ bag.


16 posted on 01/13/2014 4:29:56 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Para-Ord.45

We have had a war on drugs for almost 43 years.

When do we declare victory and go home?

Obviously, a lot of people are profiting handsomely in this so-called “war”, including a lot of people in DC.


17 posted on 01/13/2014 4:31:12 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Yaelle
What was the “benefit” for the USA?

Better question: What was the "benefit" for the Democrats? Clue: The drug cartels also control the "coyotes" that ferry illegals across the border.

18 posted on 01/13/2014 4:32:46 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: cripplecreek

>> Lots of damning stuff popping up while the media waves the Chris Christie flag.

The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.


19 posted on 01/13/2014 4:33:44 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Of course, my question is, then why is this guy on trial? What happened to his immunity?


20 posted on 01/13/2014 4:39:32 PM PST by marron
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