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The US government has an unofficial alliance with the Sinaloa cartel. It's always been my guess that Fast & Furious was about supplying arms to them, or at lea
by 3131s 6y ago
The US government has an unofficial alliance with the Sinaloa cartel.
It's always been my guess that Fast & Furious was about supplying arms to them, or at least that makes more sense than "gathering information" as an objective.
- ta17711771 6y agoBiiiingo.
- edgarvaldes 6y agoAs a mexican, this is interesting to me. Any more info/sources?
- salemh 6y agoI don't know what the parent is referring to recently, but years ago Wikileaks had a Stratfor memo during the violence of the Zetas which gave 'tacit' approval to Sinoloa. https://www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-the-us-works-with-cartels-2012-9?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-the-us-works-with-c... https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/17/1747720_re-fwd-re-fw-from-mx1-2-.html https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/17/1747720_re-fwd-re-fw-f...
- 3131s 6y agoI'm also referring to the testimony of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, a former high-ranking member and son of the leader of the Sinaloa cartel. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/01/14/was-operation-fast-and-furious-really-part-of-a-secret-deal-between-the-dea-and-mexicos-sinaloa-drug-cartel/#511adb8b23a1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/01/14/was-operat...