Soldiers from the Army of Mexico engage in a shootout against members of the Sinaloa drug cartel. Among the dead is Maria Susana Flores Gamez, winner of the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa beauty pageant. Soliders find an AK-47 submachine gun found near Flores’ body that had been purchased in the Federal enclave of Arizona, and allowed cross the border into Mexico as part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Operation Fast and Furious.
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Operation Fast and Furious -Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fast_and_Furious
CBS News ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Found At Site Where Mexican Beauty Queen Killed « CBS DC.mht
washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/18/cbs-news-fast-and-furious-gun-found-at-site-where-mexican-beauty-queen-killed/