Under the Operation Fast and Furious, providing guns to drug cartels was a practice approved by US agencies. According to CNN, more than 2,000 guns were trafficked and some estimates indicate that more than 200 Mexicans and several American agents were killed with these guns.
The suspects are being held in prisons in Texas and California, and Mrs. Morales expects the US to start the extradition process in order to have them judged under Mexican laws. Mrs. Morales also said to Congress that two more suspects of trafficking weapons from the United States into Mexico, had been captured in Mexican territory.
Most of the main drug-dealers detained in Mexico by Mexican authorities, are quickly extradited to the US where they are judged under American law. So, the Mexican attorney general is expecting reciprocity in this particular issue.
Mrs. Morales said that Mexican authorities will dig deep on its investigations trying to discover how and why the Operation Fast and Furious happened. One can only wonder what this would mean, as The Daily Caller reported yesterday that 43 members of the US Congress are calling for attorney general Eric Holder’s immediate resignation.
Mr. Holder answered questions from American congressmen in a hearing on November 8th, as the US top law officer and the man who is ultimately responsible for the Fast and Furious fiasco.
“The botched Operation Fast and Furious has harmed U.S. and Mexico cross-border relations,” New York Republican Representative Ann Marie Buerkle said in a press conference yesterday. “The administration’s failure to coordinate its efforts in combating weapons trafficking has been a glaring omission in one of our country’s greatest national security interests. It is likely to lead to a rift in the bilateral relationship with one of our closest trading partners.”
Everything points to the United States Attorney General as the man responsible for an operation that traficked weapons into Mexican territory. We know that even if Mr. Holder actually resigns, it is impossible for him to be extradited too. But the scenario is interesting, as Mexican officers (and from other nationalities too) have been extradited to US in multiple occasions. Is there a true reciprocity between our countries?
