Massive .50 caliber rifle used to shoot down helicopters found inside El Chapo’s Mexican hideout was sold through government Fast and Furious program

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
By Paul Martin

Fast and Furious program was designed to take down cartel arms dealers
Involved ATF agents intentionally selling weapons illegally to smugglers
Guns were then tracked south over border and used to make arrests
However, agency ultimately lost track of 1,400 of 2,000 weapons it sold
.50 caliber rifle would have been used to down helicopters, agents say

By CHRIS PLEASANCE
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 January 2016

A .50 caliber rifle designed to shoot down a helicopter found inside El Chapo’s Mexican hideout was sold through the government’s failed Fast and Furious weapons program, it has been reported.

The weapon, which typically requires a bipod to be fired because of the extreme recoil, was found inside the property in Los Mochis where the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin was recaptured on January 8.

According to agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the serial number revealed the rifle came from the government program, Fox News reports.

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