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Operation Fast and Furious (view source)
Revision as of 21:46, April 23, 2017
, 21:46, April 23, 2017→Scale of the operation and violence
On January 31, 2010 in '''Villas de Salvárcar massacre''', Juárez, Mexico,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211289/Operation-Fast-Furious-Guns-failed-gun-program-used-2010-Mexico-massacre.html</ref> a birthday party attended by high school students was intruded upon by a group of 20 La Línea drug cartel hitmen. 15 teenage boys and girls were killed and 12 received injuries.<ref>Reyes, Gerardo and Santiago Wills. "[http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/fast-furious-scandal-details-emerge-us-government-armed/story?id=17352694#.UGmiKqpfr4- Fast and Furious Scandal: New Details Emerge on How the U.S. Government Armed Mexican Drug Cartels]." ''[[ABC News]]''. September 30, 2012. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/835001.2010-ocurre-en-juarez-la-masacre-de-salvarcar-15-jovenes-fueron-asesinados.html 2010: Ocurre en Juárez la 'Masacre de Salvárcar'; 15 jóvenes fueron asesinados]." ''El Siglo de Torreón''. Thursday January 31, 2013. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref> The brutality of the crime outraged people both in and outside Mexico.<ref>Martínez-Cabrera, Alejandro. "[http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20185715/villas-de-salvarcar-massacre-suspect-tortured-by-mexican-army Official: Villas de Salvarcar massacre suspect tortured by Mexican army]." ''El Paso Times''. March 16, 2012. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref> The weapons used came from President Obama's Fast and Furious program.
On January 31, 2010 in '''Villas de Salvárcar massacre''', Juárez, Mexico,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211289/Operation-Fast-Furious-Guns-failed-gun-program-used-2010-Mexico-massacre.html</ref> a birthday party attended by high school students was intruded upon by a group of 20 La Línea drug cartel hitmen. 15 teenage boys and girls were killed and 12 received injuries.<ref>Reyes, Gerardo and Santiago Wills. "[http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/fast-furious-scandal-details-emerge-us-government-armed/story?id=17352694#.UGmiKqpfr4- Fast and Furious Scandal: New Details Emerge on How the U.S. Government Armed Mexican Drug Cartels]." ''[[ABC News]]''. September 30, 2012. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/835001.2010-ocurre-en-juarez-la-masacre-de-salvarcar-15-jovenes-fueron-asesinados.html 2010: Ocurre en Juárez la 'Masacre de Salvárcar'; 15 jóvenes fueron asesinados]." ''El Siglo de Torreón''. Thursday January 31, 2013. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref> The brutality of the crime outraged people both in and outside Mexico.<ref>Martínez-Cabrera, Alejandro. "[http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20185715/villas-de-salvarcar-massacre-suspect-tortured-by-mexican-army Official: Villas de Salvarcar massacre suspect tortured by Mexican army]." ''El Paso Times''. March 16, 2012. Retrieved on October 6, 2014.</ref> The weapons used came from President Obama's Fast and Furious program.
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! Year !! Mexican drug related gun murders skyrocket <br>during Obama's Fast and Furious campaign<ref>http://www.telesurtv.net/english/multimedia/Timeline-Mexicos-Failed-War-on-Drugs-Deaths-and-Disappearances-20150324-0033.html </ref>
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| 2006 || 62
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| 2007 || 2,837
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| 2008 || 6,844
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| 2009 || 11,753
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| 2010 || 19,546
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| 2011 || 24,068
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| 2012 || 18,061 (by October 31, 2012)
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| 2013 || 23,640 killed in 2013 (through to March 2014)
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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>
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>