Documents: Obama Admin. "Walked" Guns to Sinaloa Cartel,
Allowed Cocaine into U.S.August 5, 2011
by Jane Jamison
Blockbuster allegations filed in Chicago by attorneys for
captured Sinaloa kingpin, Vicente Zambada Niebla The Obama administration, at the highest levels, and likely Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama themselves, authorized the sale of at least 2,000 high-powered rifles and other sophisticated weapons to the "Sinaloa" Mexican drug cartel. As bad as that is, it doesn't stop there. It is now learned through sworn affidavits in U.S. District court that the U.S. government, at very high levels, "negotiated" to allow tons of Sinaloa cocaine into the country, supposedly in exchange for information about other drug gangs.
Sinaloa cartel's "unique" arrangement with U.S. government allowed cocaine into the country in exchange for "intel" on rival cartels.
This is a scandal much bigger than the penny-candy Watergate burglary of an office, which brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon. This is not a scandal to be wasted and covered-up by some impeachment-going-nowhere in the U.S. Congress. This is criminal racketeering, drug conspiracy, weapons trafficking, suborning of perjury, obstruction of justice, and gun trafficking. This is also a murder case because 2 federal agents, BP Agent Brian Terry and ICE's Jaime Zapata, were killed by some of the "walked" "Fast and Furious" weapons.
Documents filed with the Chicago U.S. district court claim at least 3,000 Mexican citizens have been killed by the U.S.-provided weapons.
Sinaloa cartel's "unique" arrangement with U.S. government allowed cocaine into the country in exchange for "intel" on rival cartelsThe information about the Obama administration "cooperation" with the murderous Sinaloa carteleros began to emerge last spring, through the efforts of Mexican journalist/author Anabel Hernandez. Her book, Lords Del Narco, claims that current Mexican president Felipe Calderon, is a puppet of Sinaloa:
Robert Farago: "Truth About Guns" website Via eldiariodechihuahua.com [Google translation] published April 4, 2011:
"The security strategy deployed by the federal government in Mexico and particularly in Ciudad Juez to fight drug trafficking is a lie because the government of Felipe Calderon protects the Sinaloa cartel and its leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, claims Anabel Hernandez, Mexican journalist.
The author of "The Lords of Narco" said the U.S. action in the midst of this "war" has not been very clear. Information is surfacing that indicates that Sinaloa Cartel operations in Mexico have the concurrence of bodies like the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
"For the federal government priority is only the enemies of "El Chapo" and that's why we have the slaughter, so Ciudad Juarez is as it is," says the journalist from Italy, where she teaches a series of conferences on the issue of organized crime.
Anabel Hernandez has made quite the charge: the Sinaloa cartel has bought the Mexican government lock, stock and Calderon. What's more, the DEA knows about the corruption and plays ball with Calderon to catch other cartels, giving the Sinaloas a pass. Which would account for Calderon's lack of indignation on the whole Gunwalker deal.
Hernandez: "A few days ago I published a document in which the lawyers of Vicente Zambada Niebla, son of the "Mayo" Zambada [above], will argue as a defense to Chicago Federal Court alleged Sinaloa drug cartel had been operating with the approval of agencies like the DEA.
That would open another chapter in history to finish to understand what is happening. I could document and the book is, is that the Department of State United States is quite clear that today the most powerful cartel in the United States, the criminal organization of drug sales more important, the Sinaloa Cartel, which is mapped by city, state, and is the one that has spread throughout the country.
How did this happen under the noses of the United States government? One of two things: either it is one of his mistakes largest national security in recent years and is an issue of corruption also larger on that side of the border.
More than a year ago, even the liberal news organization NPR was finding corruption in the supposed "war on drugs:"
"[Mexican president Felipe] Calderon has deployed 45,000 federal troops and police to combat the drug gangs. Yet in the midst of this crackdown, the Sinaloa cartel, the largest, oldest and richest in Mexico, appears to be flourishing.
An NPR News investigation has found strong evidence of collusion between elements of the Mexican army and the Sinaloa cartel in the violent border city of Juarez.
Dozens of interviews with current and former law enforcement agents, organized crime experts, elected representatives, and victims of violence suggest that the Sinaloans depend on bribes to top government officials to help their leader, Joaquin ?El Chapo? Guzman, elude capture, expand his empire and keep his operatives out of jail.
"I work in the police and because of this I know the government is protecting Chapo Guzman. It's hitting all the cartels but Chapo," said Luis Arturo Perez Torres, 25, until recently a federal police officer stationed in a suburb of Mexico City.
This NPR series was reported in collaboration with investigative producer Bruce Livesey.
You can find Livesey's reporting from Juarez at CBC Dispatches, CBC Radio's weekly foreign affairs program.
Guzman is the world's most wanted drug lord. His home base is the Pacific coastal state of Sinaloa, known as Mexico's "Sicily". It's the premier narco-state, with a long coastline for smuggling cocaine from South America, and rugged mountains to hide cannabis crops.
Manuel Clouthier, a congressman from Sinaloa state and a member of Calderon's political party, is deeply frustrated by his country's drug war. He says drug-related murders average 200 a month in his state.
"We Should Be Tearing It Out By The Roots""The Calderon government has been fighting organized crime in many parts of the republic, but has not touched Sinaloa," said Clouthier. "I know this. I'm Sinaloan. My family lives in Sinaloa. It is like we're trimming the branches of a tree, when we should be tearing it out by the roots."
Diana Washington Valdez of the El Paso Times broke the story this week when the documents were filed in Chicago. There is this update from Fox News.
A special prosecutor needs to be appointed. Barack Obama and Eric Holder are drug dealers and gun traffickers whose reckless operations using
federal agencies have caused the deaths of thousands of Mexican citizens and two American agents.
Based on documents, interviews, and links below, the facts that should lead to a special prosecutor and indictment of Barack Obama administration officials are:
"The Mexican Sinaloa" cartel has been the "beneficiary" of the "walked" guns which were ordered to be sold through American gun dealers ( over their protests and the protests of low-ranking ATF field agents) to straw men operating in behalf of Sinaloa.
Sinaloa, and only Sinaloa had its cocaine business protected by the U.S. government.
Sinaloa cartel is protecting, and protected by, Mexican president Felipe Calderon.
Two federal American agents, and at least 3,000 Mexicans have been killed by "walked" guns.
The Obama administration was motivated to "walk" guns to the Sinaloa cartel to give the American public the impression that American gun dealers on the border need to have more rules and controls. The president has recently instituted tighter gun controls by "executive order" along the border. Gun groups have gone to court to stop it.
It is not known what motivation there was for the U.S. government to enable cocaine trafficking, however there are court settlements on record to show that major U.S. banks, such as Wachovia, have been laundering money for the cartels for years.
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