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Terry’s death leads to questions from reporters, gun-rights bloggers and lawmakers about the ATF’s tactics. The rifles were purchased on a holiday weekend, and it is unclear whether ATF agents could have intercepted them.

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The attackers leave behind evidence, including two semi-automatic rifles with serial numbers that match two in the Fast and Furious database. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is shot dead in a remote area of Arizona after a group of Mexican men who had crossed the border hoping to rob drug traffickers come across his unit. As the case progresses slowly they assemble a database of suspect guns, including serial numbers. Eyeing the potential for an expansive case against a gun-smuggling ring, ATF agents decide not to pursue low-level buyers aggressively. Straw buying is illegal but can be difficult to prove. The agents begin to track “straw buyers,” gun purchasers who are suspected of buying for others. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the agency within the Justice Department charged with enforcing federal gun laws. * October 2009: Operation Fast and Furious starts to take shape in the Phoenix office of the U.S. Their opponents say the National Rifle Association ginned up the scandal to distract from border violence.

Gun advocates say federal officials came up with Fast and Furious to pin border crime on gun dealers. gun politics, a sensitive issue, especially in the heat of a presidential election campaign. That prompted angry Democrats to stage a walkout.Īt the heart of the controversy is U.S. law enforcement officer, head of the Justice Department and an Obama appointee, in contempt for not turning over documents about the affair. In June, the Republican-led House of Representatives found Holder, the chief U.S. The political row had already cost the chief federal prosecutor in Arizona his job and on Wednesday he was joined by Justice Department officials Kenneth Melson and Jason Weinstein. agents in Arizona let slip into Mexico as many as 2,000 guns bought by low-level suspects. In the process, critics of the effort say, U.S.

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The operation, named after a movie about car racing, targeted gun trafficking rings feeding weapons to Mexican drug cartels. However, two senior department officials have left their jobs.Ĭongressional Republicans have pressed the controversy over the so-called Operation Fast and Furious ahead of Democratic President Barack Obama’s bid for re-election on November 6. (Reuters) - A failed attempt to stem gun smuggling along the U.S.-Mexican border was back in the news on Wednesday with the release of a report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog that cleared Attorney General Eric Holder of any wrongdoing.

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