Something stinks.
These Mexicans were FBI paid informants.
And then they got guns from the ATF because they were criminals to be busted.
Only none of them were ever busted.
So they were given cash and they were given guns.
And what did we get in return?
Treason.
The ultimate goal was to create a massive amount of bloodshed that could be blamed on US guns, in order to create the political hysteria necessary to further destroy the 2nd Amendment.
Typical Democrat strategy: demonic levels of theft, lies hypocrisy, blood, death, and massive attacks on the Constitution.
Treason.
The chance for the state to still take away our guns.
Usually, BATFE trolls for violators of gun control laws (sometimes with a little nudge), and then offers them a deal to avoid prosecution if they become snitches for them and other federal agencies. That's why any group that even seems "right wing" has at least one snitch inside, even if they are completely legit.
If they care about their snitches, they keep them out of the way of left wing groups, dopers, and terrorists. Unless the government wants to burn someone just to keep the others in line.