Three of the weapons were used in an assault on a teen’s birthday party in Ciudad Juarez. Report: 'Furious' guns in massacres

Guns linked to the failed Fast and Furious gun-walking operation have been linked to at least two brutal massacres in Mexico, according to a report that found 57 previously unidentified guns at Mexican crime scenes.

By examining Congressional and Mexican government records, Univision was able to link the 57 guns back to Fast and Furious using their serial numbers. Three of the weapons were used in a January 2010 assault on a teenager’s birthday party in Ciudad Juarez. Cartel members killed 14 teenagers and wounded 12 others. Other weapons were linked to the September 2009 massacre of 18 men at rehabilitation center in Ciudad Juarez.


In Fast and Furious, ATF agents intentionally allowed straw buyers to illegally purchase guns in the United States and “walk” them across the border to Mexico. The agents hoped to track the guns and use them to arrest top-level figures in Mexican cartels. But the agents soon lost track of the guns, and in 2010, two were found near the body of a slain border patrol agent.

Congressional Republicans have doggedly investigated the operation, and the House voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt earlier this year after he refused to turn over certain documents, citing executive privilege. An inspector general’s report released last week cleared Holder of any involvement, but recommended disciplinary action against 14 federal officials. Two top Justice Department officials left the government the day the report was released.