An operation headed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, started in 2009. The ATF thought rather than arresting gun smugglers, they'd let the guns roam free like cattle, allowing smuggling to continue, gambling it would lead them to cartel bosses. Instead they lost track of over 2,000 guns which has been been linked to numerous murders in the US and Mexico.
This failure of an operation ironically later led to the deaths of US Border Patrol and and ATF agents.
Gun smuggler 1: Yo, that Fast and Furious thing was great. It made millions.
Gun smuggler 1: No, that stupid plan to get cartel bosses off the street. They let me to sell this 9mm to the guy down the street in hopes it would lead them to 'bigger fish'
A failed covert gun-running operation under the Obama administration and Eric Holder, which resulted in lost and missing assault weapons that ended up in the hands of Mexican criminals. Many Mexican citizens and a U.S. border patrol were subsequently murdered by criminals with these weapons.
Brushed off by leftists, moonbats, the Obama administration and Obamabots as another "fake" or "phony" scandal in their continued trend of failed leadership and not accepting responsibility for anything.
Maria and her son Ceasar were murdered by drug dealers in Mexico today. It was discovered that the weapons used in the murders were more of those from the failed Fast and Furious operation, tragically.