Thread: Another “Fast and Furious” Victim – Police Chief Killed by AK Style Rifle Lost by ATF

Another “Fast and Furious” Victim – Police Chief Killed by AK Style Rifle Lost by ATF in Operation

JULY 5 2013

It seems there is yet another victim of the ATF and Justice Department’s botched “Fast and Furious” operation.

According to the LA Times, it has been recently announced that Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, the police chief in the city of Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco, Mexico was shot to death Jan. 29 by gunman who opened fire on his car. His bodyguard was also killed. A second bodyguard and the chief’s wife were wounded in the attack.

The firearm used in the attack, an AK patterned rifle, a WASR 10, was traced back to a gun store in Arizona that was the subject of the “Fast and Furious” operation.

During the operation federal agents allowed known gun smugglers to buy firearms in the US and then take them into Mexico, with the hopes of following the firearms to high profile drug cartel targets.

That didn’t really work out, and the guns the ATF allowed to be smuggled in the operation, well over 100 semi automatic rifles and handguns, have been used in several high profile murders, including the death of a border patrol agent, Brian Terry, in 2010.

In total, over 211 people have been killed with “Fast and Furious” guns in Mexico according to authorities.

The gunman that opened fire on the police chief were caught shortly after the shooting. They were taken into custody along with a cache of weapons, ammo and other tactical gear.

The ATF and Justice Department have been tight lipped about the botched operation. Some people claim that the operation was known about at the highest levels of the Justice Department. Some other allegations allege that top officials tried to cover the operation up after the weapons were lost and Brian Terry was killed.

Attorney General Eric Holder was found to be in contempt of Congress after failing to provide records about the operation demanded by Congress. President Obama even stepped in at one point to claim “executive privilege” over the documents, which made them inaccessible by some parts of the government.

http://gunssavelives.net/blog/anothe...-in-operation/

The Scandal That Never Seems to End: Police Chief Murdered With Rifle Lost in Operation Fast and Furious

Posted on 6 July, 2013 by Amy

via blazec
Yet another gun lost in the ATF’s disastrous federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” has reportedly been used in a murder.
A high-powered rifle from Fast and Furious was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records. The new revelation suggests “that weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have now made it into the hands of violent drug cartels deep inside Mexico,”More from the LA Times:
Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, the police chief in the city of Hostotipaquillo, was shot to death Jan. 29 when gunmen intercepted his patrol car and opened fire. Also killed was one of his bodyguards. His wife and a second bodyguard were wounded.
Local authorities said eight suspects in their 20s and 30s were arrested after police seized them nearby with a cache of weapons — rifles, grenades, handguns, helmets, bulletproof vests, uniforms and special communications equipment. The area is a hot zone for rival drug gangs, with members of three cartels fighting over turf in the region.
A semi-automatic WASR rifle, the firearm that killed the chief, was traced back to the Lone Wolf Trading Company, a gun store in Glendale, Ariz. The notation on the Department of Justice trace records said the WASR was used in a “HOMICIDE – WILLFUL – KILL –PUB OFF –GUN” –ATF code for “Homicide, Willful Killing of a Public Official, Gun.”
The ATF allowed hundreds of guns to walk across the border into Mexico with supposed intentions of tracking them to Mexican cartel leaders.
The ATF declined to discuss the murder of the Mexican police chief. Officials told the LA Times that they are still creating an inventory of all the lost firearms for a complete account of the Fast and Furious operation. The operation was started in 2008.
At least 211 people have been killed or wounded by Fast and Furious guns, according to Mexican authorities. This, of course, includes slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was gunned down by Mexican traffickers in 2010.
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http://gopthedailydose.com/2013/07/0...t-and-furious/

by AWR Hawkins 6 Jul 2013, 11:18 AM PDT
breitbart.com

The rifle used in the ambush that killed Hostotipaquillo police chief Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga on January 29 has been traced back to Lone Wolf Trading Company of Glendale, AZ--which is the store the ATF used to supply guns to straw purchasers during Operation Fast and Furious.

And according to the Los Angeles Times, an internal DOJ memo does in fact link the weapon used against Astorga to the infamous operation.

Approximately 2,500 firearms were sold during the operation, but only 1,200 to 1,300 were eventually recovered. Astorga was killed when gunmen ambushed his patrol car and opened fire, killing one of the police chief's body guards as well. The police chief's wife and second body guard were wounded but survived.

The DOJ report on the use of the Fast and Furious weapon read thus: "HOMICIDE - WILLFUL -KILL - PUB OFF - GUN" -- which is ATF code for "Homicide, Willful Killing of a Public Official, Gun."

The rifle used in the shooting was purchased by Jacob A. Montelongo. It was but one of 109 weapons he purchased during Fast and Furious.

To date, "some 211 people [have been] killed by Fast and Furious weapons in Mexico." In the U.S., Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down with a Fast and Furious weapon in December 2010.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2...st-and-Furious