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'''Operation Fast and Furious''' (also known as '''Project Gunwalker''') was an [[Obama administration]] program approved by the [[White House]]<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121706598.html White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico], Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> authorizing a joint strike force of thd [[United States Treasury Department]] [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]], and the [[U.S. Justice Department]] to sell [[guns used by Mexican drug gangs]] from the [[United States]] to [[drug cartels]], and other gangs in [[Mexico]]. One of the purposes of the operation was "to strengthen liberals' argument for [[gun control]]."<ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2012-07-11.html#read_more]</ref>
'''Operation Fast and Furious''' (also known as '''Project Gunwalker''') was an [[Obama administration]] program, approved by the [[White House]],<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/17/AR2010121706598.html White House delayed rule meant to stop gun flow to Mexico], Sari Horwitz and James V. Grimaldi, ''[[Washington Post]]'', December 17, 2010</ref> authorizing a joint strike force of the [[United States Treasury Department]] [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]], and the [[U.S. Justice Department]] to sell [[guns used by Mexican drug gangs]] from the [[United States]] to [[drug cartels]], and other gangs in [[Mexico]]. One of the purposes of the operation was "to strengthen liberals' argument for [[gun control]]."<ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2012-07-11.html#read_more]</ref>
Operation Fast and Furious developed into an enormous scandal and failure for the [[Obama administration]]. At least two U.S. border guards were killed by weapons allowed to "walk" in Operation Fast and Furious.
Operation Fast and Furious developed into an enormous scandal and failure for the [[Obama administration]]. At least two U.S. border guards were killed by weapons allowed to "walk" in Operation Fast and Furious and thousands of deaths in Mexico's drug war.
==Villas de Salvárcar massacre==
==Villas de Salvárcar massacre==
==ATF role==
==ATF role==
The ATF named their operation Fast and Furious, but some say it was an [[Obama administration]] recreation of a defunct Bush-era program known as "Gunwalker."<ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-definitive-scandal-gunwalker-much-worse-than-iran-contra/ The Definitive Scandal: ‘Gunwalker’ Much Worse Than ‘Iran-Contra’], ''Pajamas Media'', July 8, 2011.</ref> On July 26, 2011, during a hearing on the operation, ATF Special Agent Bill Newell told Congress he discussed the case with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010.<ref>[[Sharyl Attkisson]]. [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20083772-10391695.html ATF Manager says he shared Fast and Furious Info with White House], ''[[CBS News]]'', July 26, 2011.</ref>
The ATF named their operation Fast and Furious, but some say it was an [[Obama administration]] recreation of a defunct Bush-era program known as "Gunwalker."<ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-definitive-scandal-gunwalker-much-worse-than-iran-contra/ The Definitive Scandal: ‘Gunwalker’ Much Worse Than ‘Iran-Contra’], ''Pajamas Media'', July 8, 2011.</ref> On July 26, 2011, during a hearing on the operation, ATF Special Agent Bill Newell told Congress he discussed the case with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010.<ref>[[Sharyl Attkisson]]. [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20083772-10391695.html ATF Manager says he shared Fast and Furious Info with White House], ''[[CBS News]]'', July 26, 2011.</ref>
By June of 2010 Operation Fast and Furious suspects purchased 1,608 firearms at a cost of over $1 million at [[Phoenix]]-area gun shops. ATF was aware of 179 of those weapons found at crime scenes in [[Mexico]], and 130 in the United States.<ref>CBS</ref> As guns traced to Fast and Furious began turning up at violent crime scenes in Mexico, ATF agents stationed in Mexico voiced opposition to the program.<ref name="Washington Post">Washington Post</ref>
One of the nineteen guns Mexican authorities said they found at the hideout of Joaquin Guzman aka El Chapo, after his January 2016 capture, was associated with the Fast and Furious operation. The Justice Department confirmed that the .50-caliber rifle was bought in July 2010 in a straw purchase by someone not known to the ATF at the time.<ref>[http://time.com/4261176/el-chapo-hideout-gun-fast-furious/?xid=homepage Gun From El Chapo’s Hideout Linked to Fast and Furious Operation]; ''Time''; Eric Tucker & Alicia A. Caldwell; March 16, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/20/rifle-capable-taking-down-helicopter-found-at-el-chapo-hideout-purchased-through-fast-and-furious-program.html ‘Fast & Furious’ rifle capable of taking down helicopter found in 'El Chapo' cache], Fox News, January 20, 2016.</ref>
==Efforts to scuttle Congressional oversight==
==Efforts to scuttle Congressional oversight==