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ATF: 68,000 Guns Recovered in Mexico Trace to US
Epoch Times ^ | April 26, 2012 | Alex Johnston

Posted on 04/26/2012 10:33:36 PM PDT by neverdem

Mexican authorities have recovered around 68,000 guns that traced back to the United States in the past five years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) said on Thursday.

“Since 2007, trace data shows a trend in recovered and submitted crime guns from Mexico shifting from pistols and revolvers to rifles,” the ATF said in a statement.

The agency added that reports from officials in Mexico show “certain types of rifles, such as the AK and AR variants with detachable magazines, are used more frequently to commit violent crime by drug trafficking organizations.”

The ATF said it was able to trace back 68,000 of more than 99,000 guns that were submitted by Mexican authorities.

Mexican officials in the past have complained that drug cartels often wind up with U.S.-sourced guns in their bloody wars against each other and the army.

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At least 47,000 people have been killed in the conflict since President Felipe Calderon directed the army to act against cartels in 2006.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Mexico
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; borderwars; corruption; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; govtabuse; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; ice; obama; undertheradar
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To: neverdem

If the Damned border was properly sealed and BATF disbanded the problem would vanish.


21 posted on 04/27/2012 2:57:31 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: neverdem

I an certain that every Colt, S&W, Ruger, Remington, Bushmaster and a host if others found in Mexico can be traced to the USA.

They’re made here!


22 posted on 04/27/2012 3:13:18 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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To: neverdem

I’m sure all of the Mercedes and BMWs the cartels drive down there can be traced to Germany. The issue is not “U.S.-sourced”, it’s “U.S. Government-sourced”.


23 posted on 04/27/2012 3:18:42 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: neverdem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzyLsemV8c&feature=g-all-a&hd=1
Someone have written a book about the whole Fast and Furious Scandal

Fast and Furious by Katie Pavlich B


24 posted on 04/27/2012 3:27:41 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: ozzymandus

Hey, they won’t let any facts get in the way, ever!


25 posted on 04/27/2012 3:28:21 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: neverdem

26 posted on 04/27/2012 3:37:21 AM PDT by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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To: neverdem

Amazing, I didn’t realize fast and furious was that big...shame on our government. (that’s what I believe an I’m sticking to it).


27 posted on 04/27/2012 3:58:59 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Still a contributing Republican? Why?)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Seems to me they have a problem with their customs service or border watch people. Ever try to get a bunch of guns into Canada?


28 posted on 04/27/2012 4:02:33 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: ozzymandus
Fats and Furious has pretty much destroyed the gun grabber’s lies about US guns in Mexico

yeah for you and me....but the MSM and the liberal mind is a fertile flower bed for deceit and anti gun thought. you will not see any of the truth on MSNBC or CBS or NBC and only the internet and FOX will broadcast any of it...

29 posted on 04/27/2012 4:20:56 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: neverdem

I left a comment after the article that the omission of the Obama Administration intentionally selling tens of thousands of firearms to drug cartels is a derelection of journalistic integrity.


30 posted on 04/27/2012 4:24:16 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: marktwain; MestaMachine; harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; ...
Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
31 posted on 04/27/2012 4:32:54 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Joe Brower; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; Josephat; ...

Surprise, surprise, surprise!


32 posted on 04/27/2012 4:41:14 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: neverdem
ATF: 68,000 Guns Recovered in Mexico Trace to US

Who cares. If Mexico weren't a cesspool of corrupt police, corrupt bureaucrats, and criminals then there wouldn't be any shootings. It's criminals who commit the crimes - not guns. A fact lost on all Democrats, the Media, and many Republicans.

33 posted on 04/27/2012 4:46:50 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: neverdem

And 13 million illegal aliens can be traced to Mexico. Coincidentally, the solution to both problems is the same. Build a damned fence.


34 posted on 04/27/2012 4:50:07 AM PDT by LouD (I stand with Scott Walker)
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To: Mouton
Ever try to get a bunch of guns into Canada

No I can't say that I have, nor would I want to. Most Canadians - especially from the eastern part, like most Brits, and most New Yorkers pi$$ themselves at the sight of gun anyway.

35 posted on 04/27/2012 4:50:29 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Steel Wolf

Excellent insight. Just because they can be “traced” back to America, doesn’t mean they crossed our southern border illegally.


36 posted on 04/27/2012 5:02:07 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Good point. I’ll Give a @#$K about the guns when both the United States and Mexico give a @#$K about the insurgency of illegal aliens coming into the US.

Until then, I don’t see an issue since neither country’s leadership wants to close the border.

And a word of caution to the ATF. Don’t try to use this as a means to undermine RKBA in the US. We’re ready for that and it’ll sting a LOT for you if you try it. You won’t want to go down this path at all. The questions you’ll have to answer are some that you don’t want to go near at all.


37 posted on 04/27/2012 5:04:34 AM PDT by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: neverdem

We don’t need ATF - PERIOD. Its an anti-Seocnd Amendment Propaganda Machine.

It needs to be disbanded. We have enough Damn police here - State Police, FBI, CIA, U.S. Marshals, municipal police, County Police, Park Police, Institutional Police, TSA, etc.etc.

The Founding Fathers would be horrified at the massive police state we have allowed to be created.


38 posted on 04/27/2012 5:37:37 AM PDT by ZULU (Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam.)
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To: neverdem

I don’t know why they even try to hide it anymore. Why not just go for broke already? The suspense is killing me.


39 posted on 04/27/2012 5:52:14 AM PDT by wastedyears (There can be only one.)
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To: Mouton

If i ever choose to move back to Canada from the states my guns will be moving with me.


40 posted on 04/27/2012 6:08:48 AM PDT by heshtesh (I believe in Sarah Palin, the rest not so much.)
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