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The ATF began Project Gunrunner as a pilot project in Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and expanded it as a national initiative in 2006.Project Gunrunner is also part of the Department of Justice's broader Southwest Border Initiative, which seeks to reduce cross-border drug and firearms trafficking and the high level of violence associated with these activities on both sides of the border.
In June 2011, Vince Cefalu, an ATF special agent for 24 years who in December 2010 exposed ATF's Project Gunrunner scandal, was notified of his termination. Two days before the termination, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the ATF warning officials not to retaliate ...
M4 Carbine with Grenade launcher (locally called Chanate, Mexican Spanish for "great-tailed grackle"). ATF Project Gunrunner has a stated official objective to stop the sale and export of guns from the United States into Mexico in order to deny Mexican drug cartels the firearms considered "tools of the trade". [45]
According to ATF field agents involved in Operation Fast and Furious, a part of Project Gunrunner, "ATF agents were trained to interdict guns and prevent criminals from obtaining them" and not to allow guns to walk and then disappear. [13] ATF agents assigned to Phoenix from other districts to work on Fast and Furious were critical of the ...
2. The Blue Jays will trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and/or Bo Bichette. At one point, the Blue Jays were a young, hungry team looking like they were next up to dominate the American League.
The ATF confirmed that one of the weapons the Mexican Navy seized from Guzmán's gunmen was one of the many weapons that were "lost" during the Project Gunrunner. [281] Many weapons from Project Gunrunner were found in a secret compartment in the "safe house" of José Antonio Marrufo "El Jaguar", one of Guzmán's most sanguinary lieutenants.
The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for the summer, when farmers typically use it.
United States–Canada–Mexico trade war Date February 1, 2025 (2025-02-01) – present (1 month and 2 days) Location United States Canada Mexico Status Ongoing United States tariffs on Canada and Mexico are set to begin on March 4 after both countries negotiated a one-month delay Parties United States Canada Mexico Lead figures Donald Trump Justin Trudeau Claudia Sheinbaum A trade war began ...