A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel operative currently in U.S.
custody is making startling allegations that the failed federal
gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” isn’t what you think
it is.
It wasn’t about tracking guns, it was about supplying them — all part
of an elaborate agreement between the U.S. government and Mexico’s
powerful Sinaloa Cartel to take down rival cartels.
The explosive allegations are being made by Jesus Vicente
Zambada-Niebla, known as the Sinaloa Cartel’s “logistics coordinator.”
He was extradited to the Chicago last year to face federal drug charges.
Zambada-Niebla claims that under a “divide and conquer” strategy, the
U.S. helped finance and arm the Sinaloa Cartel through Operation Fast
and Furious in exchange for information that allowed the DEA, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies to take down
rival drug cartels. The Sinaloa Cartel was allegedly permitted to
traffic massive amounts of drugs across the U.S. border from 2004 to
2009 — during both Fast and Furious and Bush-era gunrunning operations —
as long as the intel kept coming.
This pending court case against Zambada-Niebla is being closely
monitored by some members of Congress, who expect potential legal
ramifications if any of his claims are substantiated. The trial was
delayed but is now scheduled to begin on Oct. 9.
Zambada-Niebla is reportedly a close associate
of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and the son of
Ismael “Mayo” Zambada-Garcia, both of which remain fugitives, likely
because of the deal made with the DEA, federal court documents allege.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/high-ranking-mexican-drug-cartel-member-makes-explosive-allegation-fast-and-furious-is-not-what-you-think-it-is/

same as it ever was...