Who is Arming the Mexican Drug Cartel?

[justashooter 430]

so we are all agreed that the failure of our government to identify the weps by serial number, track them through the chain of commerce, and bring criminal charges against "rogue gun dealers" just demonstrates that bill clinton "did not have sex with that woman" (politicians lie).

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

was that a sarcastic question about how Bush let this happen??

News from the border, and pretty much that answers the OP's question,

Suspended U.S. marshal from El Paso shot to death in Juárez

EL PASO -- A financially strapped deputy U.S. marshal from El Paso found shot to death in Juárez was a fugitive accused of pawning firearms stolen from the government, officials said.

The body of Vicente Paul Bustamante, 48, was found Wednesday morning in an irrigation canal in east Juárez, Chihuahua state police said. Bustamante had a gunshot wound to the back of the head, and investigators labeled his death a homicide. No weapon was found.

Bustamante's body was identified Thursday by his wife after investigators had difficulty because of the body's decomposition.

"We're going to provide as much assistance to the family as we can as far as bringing him back from Mexico and bring some closure to this," said Fernando Karl, chief deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Texas.

Bustamante was an El Paso native and worked for the U.S. Marshals Service for about 18 years. Bustamante, who spent his career in El Paso, was on suspension and had surrendered his weapon, credentials and badge to supervisors.

"Vince was a familiar face around the federal courthouse," Bustamante's lawyer Miguel A. Torres said. "He was a guy who was very well liked. It's a tragedy for him and his family."

Bustamante's death comes as high-level U.S. and Mexican officials have been talking about increased cooperation in dealing with rampant drug cartel violence in Juárez and other parts of Mexico. More than 2,000 people have been slain in the Juárez area in the past 15 months. though

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the number of daily homicides has decreased since the deployment of thousands of Mexican soldiers and federal police earlier this month.

A cross-border investigation by Mexican authorities, the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service was looking into Bustamante's death. The El Paso office of the FBI said it was investigating the case as an "assault on a federal officer" as is routine in any assault or death of a federal agent.

"We are asking for the public's patience as we work jointly to complete this investigation," said FBI Special Agent in Charge David Cuthbertson.

"We do not want anyone to draw conclusions about the circumstances surrounding his death until we know the

Bustamante was an El Paso police officer before joining the U.S. Marshals Service.

Police spokesman Javier Sambrano said that information about Bustamante's time in the Police Department was not immediately available.

Federal court documents show Bustamante was charged on March 2 with stealing four .40-caliber Glocks, three shotguns, two Ruger revolvers and a pair of binoculars between September 2004 and December 2007.

The property was recovered, officials said.

"Some of the accusations against him, (were that) he was pawning some equipment from the Marshals Service to get some quick cash. He had some financial problems," Karl said.

Documents stated that Bustamante signed a plea agreement admitting having stolen public property and was scheduled to attend court on March 18, but never showed up.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer saw Bustamante walking into Mexico on the night of March 17, according to a document requesting a warrant for Bustamante's arrest issued when he did not show up for court.

The document stated that Bustamante left a truck running with its lights on.

When the border officer told Bustamante that he had left the truck's lights on, Bustamante replied, "You turn them off" as he walked across the bridge into Mexico.

After his disappearance, Bustamante's wife and youngest son repeatedly called his cell phone but got no answer, the document stated.

Torres declined to talk about the charges against Bustamante but described him as a good person who was well-liked by his co-workers.

"In my opinion, he appeared to be somebody who was coping with his legal situation," Torres said. "I'm very shocked by everything that has happened."

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102.

Adriana M. Chávez may be reached at achavez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6117.

Edited March 27, 2009 by TävôLuDô

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Shown here, on a CBS special, is video proof of the lies and disinformation by CBS, US and Mexican authorities. Anderson Cooper and Janet Napolitano are either ignorant or complicit in the myth that M-203s, RPGs and hand grenades are readily available to the American gun consumer. Most intelligent folks, and those without a state sponsored agenda, realize these weapons are usually only available to the military.

There's the problem.

[Ban Hammer 13,644]

Shown here, on a CBS special, is video proof of the lies and disinformation by CBS, US and Mexican authorities. Anderson Cooper and Janet Napolitano are either ignorant or complicit in the myth that M-203s, RPGs and hand grenades are readily available to the American gun consumer. Most intelligent folks, and those without a state sponsored agenda, realize these weapons are usually only available to the military.

There's the problem.

most people wouldn't know a m203 if they got beat half to death with one.

[natty bumppo 297]

Federal court documents show Bustamante was charged on March 2 with stealing four .40-caliber Glocks, three shotguns, two Ruger revolvers and a pair of binoculars between September 2004 and December 2007.

The property was recovered, officials said.

"Some of the accusations against him, (were that) he was pawning some equipment from the Marshals Service to get some quick cash. He had some financial problems," Karl said.

Documents stated that Bustamante signed a plea agreement admitting having stolen public property and was scheduled to attend court on March 18, but never showed up.

Which firearm in that list is an "assault weapon"? Maybe it was the binoculars?

So he stole public property (meaning government property). A US gov't entity was the source of the firearms.

[panamania79 2]

Wednesday, on MSNBC, in an interview by Andrea Mitchell, New York Congressional Representative, Nita Lowey stated 97% of the guns in the hands of the Mexican drug cartels originated in the US. Representative Lowey, in her support for a new Assault Weapons Ban, alleges these firearms are coming from the American gun owner. She is correct in her assertion many of the firearms being used by the cartels are coming from Americans. They are, but, from the American taxpayer, not the American gun owner!

The fact is: the Mexican authorities have refused to release the serial numbers of weapons confiscated from drug cartel members. Releasing the serial numbers would implicate the corrupt governments of the US and Mexico and their involvement in arming the drug cartels.

Considering the above, it is my belief the Mexican drug cartels are procuring a large percentage of weapons from the world's largest supplier of these weapons: the United States government!

It's the Iran/Contra conspiracy all over again!

I'm getting deja-vu !