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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>
One weapon found at the scene of the [[Islamic]] terrorist attack in [[France]] on November 13, 2015 that left 129 people dead was traced back to Operation Fast and Furious. <ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/06/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/ Law Enforcement Sources: Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix, Judicial Watch, June 29, 2016]</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>
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>