Mexican Drug Cartel Used "Fast and Furious" Gun in Failed Assassination Plot

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National Rifle Association of America - Institute for Legislative Action
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10 August 2012
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... a U.S. government report has disclosed that Mexican drug cartel operatives used a firearm from the infamous scheme in a failed attempt to assassinate a high-ranking Mexican law enforcement official.

An August 6, El Paso Times article gives further details:

The firearm was found Feb. 25, 2010, during an arrest of a criminal cell associated with Teodoro "El Teo" García Simental and Raydel "El Muletas" López Uriarte, allies of the Sinaloa cartel ...

The firearm in question was traced back to the "Fast and Furious" operation.

The Daily Caller article also notes that, in addition to this latest revelation, the congressional report also revealed new evidence that Obama administration BATFE officials sought to cover up the "Fast and Furious" connection to a death other than that of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

The article reports that Mario Gonzalez, the brother of then-Mexican prosecutor Patricia Gonzalez, was killed in early November 2010.  And according to the congressional report, two of the firearms found at Mario Gonzalez's murder scene were tied to "Fast and Furious."
 

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