House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that at least 200 Mexican citizens have been killed by weapons tied to a U.S. gun-walking project gone wrong.
It’s already known that the so-called “Fast and Furious” program, authorized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, led to the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last year in Arizona. But Issa told reporters that Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales has confirmed that 200 or more Mexicans have been killed by weapons that were allowed to “walk” across the southern border and end up in the hands of dangerous drug cartels.
“[Morales has] made the point that at least 200 Mexicans have been killed with these weapons and probably countless more,” Issa said during a conference call.
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