Guns Across the Border: How and Why the U.S. Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story

Guns Across the Border: How and Why the U.S. Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story

by Mike Detty
Guns Across the Border: How and Why the U.S. Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story

Guns Across the Border: How and Why the U.S. Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story

by Mike Detty

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Overview

Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of “gun walking” sting operations, including Operations Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious. The government allowed licensed gun dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers so that they could continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels.

Motivated by a sense of patriotic duty, Tucson gun dealer and author Mike Detty alerted the local ATF office when he was first approached by suspected cartel associates. Detty made the commitment and assumed the risks involved to help the feds make their case, often selling guns to these thugs from his home in the dead of night. Originally informed that the investigation would last just weeks, Detty’s undercover involvement in Operation Wide Receiver, the precursor to Operation Fast & Furious, which was by far the largest “gun walking” probe, stretched on for an astonishing and dangerous three years.

Though the case took several twists and turns, perhaps the cruelest turn was his betrayal by the very agency he risked everything to help.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626363298
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 04/29/2013
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 386 KB

About the Author

Mike Detty has been writing for consumer gun magazines and law enforcement journals for over twenty years. He received a BS in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Arizona and later entered the officer ranks of the U.S. Marine Corps. His involvement in the firearms industry started with his own competitive shooting endeavors.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sharyl Attkisson vi

Introduction David Codrea vii

1 The Proposition 1

2 Nothing to Lose 13

3 Tijuana Connection 23

4 Dyslexic Diversion 39

5 Not Dead After All 53

6 Little Man-Huge Attitude 65

7 Contentious Relations 87

8 Failed Surveillances 113

9 Mi Vida Loca 139

10 Turning Off the Tap 163

11 Just When I Thought I Was Done 193

12 The Ugly Truth 219

Index 263

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