Oct 14, 2011

2nd probe surfaces in Bush-era gun trafficking to Mexico

By Michael Winter, USA TODAY
Updated 8m ago

The Associated Press is reporting on a second Bush administration investigation that involved so-called gun walking to Mexico, the same tactic for which the Obama administration is facing scrutiny from the Justice Department and Congress.

E-mails pertaining to a 2007 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation out of Phoenix show that agents allowed illegal shipments of guns across the border into Mexico in a failed effort to identify higher-ups in smuggling networks. Earlier this month, the bureau's new director, B. Todd Jones, acknowledged ATF agents launched a similar operation in a 2006 called "Operation Wide Receiver.''

Blog: ATF probes gun trafficking to Mexico during Bush years

His predecessor was forced out for allowing hundreds of weapons to flow to drug cartels in Mexico in "Operation Fast and Furious."

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