Operation Fast and Furious
| Location | US, Mexico, North America |
|---|---|
| Exposed by | Celerino Castillo |
Operation Fast and Furious was a suspected mid-level deep event involving the distribution of firearms. It has been widely criticised.
Criticism
A 2012 article stated that "The justice department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the US and Mexico". By 2012, only around 600 of the 2,000 weapons had been recovered.[1]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEA/Infiltration | “Allegations surrounding a U.S. investigation that may have involved laundering money for Mexican drug cartels are causing concern on both sides of the border.
In Mexico, lawmakers say they are furious and are demanding an investigation. In the United States, a congressman is broadening the oversight of a previous inquiry to include the most recent allegations. Felipe Gonzalez, a federal senator with Mexico’s ruling PAN party, says they will demand an investigation to determine whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed its agents to launder money, possibly even on Mexican soil, as part of an investigation into the inner workings of Mexican drug cartel” | Rafael Romo | 6 December 2011 |
