The chairman of the Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives, Darrell Issa reported that 200 Mexicans deaths were because the ATF purposely let weapons enter Mexico.
“We are talking about people killed on both sides of the border. An estimated 200 Mexicans were killed by weapons that our government , our government, allowed to pass, “Issa said in an interview with CNN.
Issa, whose committee currently investigates the operation and involvement of federal officials, criticized the lack of full readiness to cooperate even though two of the weapons were also used to kill Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry.
The investigation of Issa, California Republican lawmaker, has been criticized by the highest-ranking Democrat of the Committee, Elijah Cummings, who has suggested publicly that the investigation of “Fast and Furious” has political purposes.
Just this month, the Committee issued a subpoena to the attorney general, Eric Holder, and senior officials of the Justice Department to release documents about his role and knowledge of “Fast and Furious”.
The ATF announced last week that it will hold a general restructuring of the agency and a review of its tactics as a result of the operation that led to the illegal entry of more than two thousand weapons to Mexico.
Source Mexico
“We are talking about people killed on both sides of the border. An estimated 200 Mexicans were killed by weapons that our government , our government, allowed to pass, “Issa said in an interview with CNN.
Issa, whose committee currently investigates the operation and involvement of federal officials, criticized the lack of full readiness to cooperate even though two of the weapons were also used to kill Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry.
The investigation of Issa, California Republican lawmaker, has been criticized by the highest-ranking Democrat of the Committee, Elijah Cummings, who has suggested publicly that the investigation of “Fast and Furious” has political purposes.
Just this month, the Committee issued a subpoena to the attorney general, Eric Holder, and senior officials of the Justice Department to release documents about his role and knowledge of “Fast and Furious”.
The ATF announced last week that it will hold a general restructuring of the agency and a review of its tactics as a result of the operation that led to the illegal entry of more than two thousand weapons to Mexico.
Source Mexico
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