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Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-drug-cartels-american-weapons-smuggled-across-border/

Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even military-grade weapons out of the U.S. with the help of American citizens, a CBS Reports investigation has found.

Exclusively-obtained U.S. intelligence documents and interviews with half a dozen current and former officials reveal that the American government has known this for years but, sources said, it's done little to stop these weapons trafficking networks inside the United States, which move up to a million firearms across the border annually, including belt-fed miniguns and grenade launchers.

Dozens of cartel gunrunning networks, operating like terrorist cells, pay Americans to buy weapons from gun stores and online dealers all across the country, as far north as Wisconsin and even Alaska, according to U.S. intelligence sources. The firearms are then shipped across the southwest border through a chain of brokers and couriers.

When CBS News pressed the Justice Department about its findings, a senior official confirmed that "We absolutely recognize the problem here that … the lion's share of firearms trafficked to Mexican cartels are coming from the United States."

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure why you called out Fast and Furious and not the initial Operation Wide Receiver done under Bush which had the same issues. In fact, your link is for both of them but you titled it differently from the article.

[-] sudo22@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because the other reply to this comment mentioned Paul Walker, which is a Fast and Furious reference.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Typically you would reply to the comment you are trying to reference.

[-] sudo22@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You probably would have seen the other comment if you clicked on the original post instead of clicking on my comment using my profile history.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I did see the other comment. You did not reply to them so your reference would have been to OP's comment. And sorry, you are not important enough to go through your post history.

[-] sudo22@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Lol caught. The other comment would have been obvious if you didn't click my post history. Take the L graciously and move on.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

What the fuck are you talking about? I literally said that I saw the other comment. If you were providing context for it, you would have responded to it. That is how conversations in threads work. I'm sorry that is news to you.

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