Fast and Furious–the ATF’s program to stop American gun stores from declining to sell guns to Mexican drug cartel agents–has gained media attention. Rightfully so, since evidence mounts that this was the DOJ’s plan all along to create their mythical “river of guns” from America’s gun stores into Mexico.
But another corrupt government gun supplier deserves attention, too. Details are still emerging about cartel agents who took over the town of Columbus, New Mexico.
Blas “Woody” Gutierrez, 30, a former Columbus village trustee, pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces to one count of conspiracy, three counts of making false statements in the acquisition of firearms and three counts of smuggling firearms from the United States.
Gutierrez admitted he organized the conspiracy, along with Columbus’s mayor Eddie Espinoza, police chief Angelo Vega, and 12 others.
After paying the police chief for “protection,” Gutierrez bought weapons, tactical gear and body armor, and smuggled the items to the Ciudad Juarez-based La Linea drug cartel…At least some of the trips were made using village vehicles, for which Gutierrez paid the former mayor…
They smuggled about 200 guns into Mexico. Gutierrez’s lawyer claims six of them were part of Fast and Furious, which leaves 194 that were Columbus government’s responsibility.
Promoting their anti-gun propaganda, Reuters wrote that three of the six were “cop killer” pistols. They’re likely referring to the gun used by Nidal Hasan to commit the Fort Hood massacre.
While it can shoot ammunition that penetrates Kevlar vests, anti-rights media always omit mentioning the civilian ban included in the same federal code that outlaws straw buyers. A police chief could buy this ammo, however, possibly making this smuggling operation deadlier than Fast and Furious.
“…evidence mounts that this was the DOJ’s plan all along to create their mythical “river of guns” from America’s gun stores into Mexico.”
Murdering people to create an atmosphere of fear in order to further a political end is terrorism. I may be premature in calling ‘fast and furious’ and its sister operations terrorism perpetrated by the federal government on it’s own people, but when all is said and done, I think many will agree with me and call this what it is. The DOJ did not pull triggers or set off bombs themselves, but they concocted and executed a strategy wherein the Mexican drug gangs did the job for them.
More chilling is the the thought of what these people will be willing to do if they are successful in disarming us.
Southernboy, isn’t Holder and Obama no different than Osama in that sense? Osama didn’t pull the trigger, he didn’t fly the planes …
Good point about Osama. I doubt we’ll get Obama on tape admitting he planned this though.
It’s not just guns that our government has been running, from today’s El Paso Times:
“Documents: US fed agents allowed cartel to traffic cocaine in exchange for information
By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 08/03/2011 12:33:39 PM MDT
U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine to the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court.
The allegations are part of the defense of Vicente Zambada-Niebla, a top lieutenant of drug kingpin Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, who was extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges in Chicago.
The case could prove to be a bombshell on par with the ATF’s “Operation Fast and Furious,” except that instead of U.S. guns being allowed to walk across the border, the Sinaloa cartel was allowed to bring drugs into the United States over a five-year period, the documents allege.
Zambada-Niebla, who worked for Guzman, is the son of Vicente “Mayo” Zambada, another drug lord associated with the Sinaloa cartel.
Drug investigators said Guzman’s cartel transported drugs from the Juarez-El Paso border to Chicago, a pipeline that historians say dates back to the Al Capone days when smugglers ferried liquor from Juárez to the northern city.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.”
Starting to look more and more like Iran-Contra, huh? But more sinister by far. Fed involved in both gun and drug smuggling.
Well we can just put this on the list of accomplishments for Obama. I’m sure his soulless buddies in the old media can find a way to spin it to make it look like we were the ones skirting the law if they make it look like it was against the law at all.
The way it’s going now,O MrBigEars and his cronies won’t have to skirt nothing.All He has to say is don’t like it? to bad(figuratively kinda).