Last week, the Department of Justice released a detailed report on Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed what to be smuggled across the Mexican border?
Project Gunrunner that Operation Wide Receiver (2006–2007) and Operation Fast and Furious (2009–2010) had allowed guns to "walk" into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The ATF began Project Gunrunner as a pilot project in Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and expanded it as a national initiative in 2006. Project Gunrunner is also part of the Department of Justice's broader Southwest Border Initiative, which seeks to reduce cross-border drug and firearms trafficking and the high level of violence associated with these activities on both sides of the border. ATF had determined that the Mexican cartels had become the leading gun trafficking organizations operating
The Fast and the Furious (2001 film) arose following the publishing of a "Vibe" magazine article in 1998 titled "Racer X", which detailed the illegal street racing circuit operating within New York City. Production began in 2000, as part of an international co-production between the United States and Germany, and is set and filmed across California. It was funded and released by Universal Pictures. Upon its release on June 22, 2001, "The Fast and the Furious" grossed $207 million from a $38 million budget. It was also re-released on June 22, 2016, to commemorate the film's fifteenth anniversary. "The Fast and the Furious" soon launched a franchise