Posted on 01/20/2016 7:02:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A .50-caliber rifle found at Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's hideout in Mexico was funneled through the gun-smuggling investigation known as Fast and Furious, sources confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.
A .50-caliber is a massive rifle that can stop a car or, as it was intended, take down a helicopter.
After the raid on Jan. 8 in the city of Los Mochis that killed five of his men and wounded one Mexican marine, officials found a number of weapons inside the house where Guzman was staying, including the rifle, officials said.
When agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives checked serial numbers of the eight weapons found in his possession, they found one of the two .50-caliber weapons traced back to the ATF program, sources said.
Federal officials told Fox News they are not sure how many of the weapons seized from Guzman's house actually originated in the U.S. and where they were purchased, but are investigating.
Out of the roughly 2,000 weapons sold through Fast and Furious, 34 were .50-caliber rifles that can take down a helicopter, according to officials.
Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that ‘El Chapo' would put his guardsmen on hilltops to be on guard for Mexican police helicopters that would fly through valleys conducting raids. The sole purpose of the guardsmen would be to shoot down those helicopters, sources said.
The Fast and Furious operation involved federal agents allowing criminals to buy guns with the intention of tracking them.
Instead, agents from the ATF lost track of 1,400 of the 2,000 guns involved in the sting operation.
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Last of the Breed. Excellent book
How many people have obama have murdered so far with weapons they gave the drug cartels? 400+ Mexicans and at least 1 American.
I imagine obama and Eric Holder laughing about the the killings thinking they could remove our weapons and “kill” the 2nd amendment.
If we had an honest and intelligent media, with integrity....
But we don’t.
“Gangster Government and Sakharov’s Immunity”
http://enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/index.php?page=gangster
Hadn’t read that before. Powerful spot on piece in just a quick scan.
Copied, saved, and bookmarked for later distro.
Thanks
One gun against the Mexican Army, Navy and Marines. Didn’t do him any good did it?
The Soviets actually launched a small space station, in the 1970’s, with a 23mm cannon mounted on the outside. They test fired it after the last crew departed.
Russian television reveals another secret: the Soviet space cannon
Here Is the Soviet Union’s Secret Space Cannon
In 1975, the USSR actually fired a cannon from an orbiting space station. Forty years later, we finally got a good look at this gun.
I couldn’t get enough blankets over me to keep warm the night I read that one.
The last line of the book was classic
I almost typed it, but for all the rest of y’all, read the book yourselves.
Years ago, I passed on a 20 or so volume set of all Louis L’amour westerns. I’m still kicking myself.
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