ATF has opened-up U.S. taxpayers to huge lawsuits from Mexico

Last week, it was discovered that two assault rifles sold under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) program known as “Operation Gunrunner” were used in the 2010 abduction and murder of a Mexican lawyer. The victim, Mario Gonzalez Rodriguez, a high-profile attorney, and brother of former attorney general of Chihuahua, Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez, was kidnapped in October by gunmen working for the Sinaloa Cartel. Over the course of two weeks, he was repeatedly tortured before being killed by his captors. The cartel posted several videos online which show Rodriguez bound and repeatedly being electrocuted by hooded men. His body was unearthed in November, just outside the kidnappers’ compound. Fox News is reporting that U.S. law enforcement officials have confirmed that two AK-47s purchased in Arizona by a straw buyer, under Operation Gunrunner and allowed to be taken across the border were recovered during the investigation of Rodriguez’ murder. It is impossible to determine the number of murders which have, and will yet occur at the hands of cartel gunmen who have basically been armed by the U.S. government. However, it is only a matter of time until the families of the victims, Mexican police departments and the Mexican federal government begin filing lawsuits, with the U.S. taxpayers as the ultimate target...more