Ruse of the Fisherman

Both the government and the Vatican, with the steady connivance of the United States, saw how detrimental the ongoing struggle was to their mutual interests; in consequence, an agreement or modus vivendi was reached and reluctantly accepted by the Cristero combatants, who, in the end, were betrayed by it. [More]

I haven’t read this book but will put it on the list, because I’ve long been interested in how the Church hierarchy betrayed the faithful then and continue to do so today.

[Via Antigone]

Project Guntrucker

ICE, CBP seize 400 firearms hidden in fake trailer walls at southern border crossing… HSI officials said the guns were headed into Mexico, where cartels fuel ongoing violence. [More]

That’s what happens when you’re not sanctioned. Funny, how a little bit of border security works, almost like the lack of it was deliberate.

But as we all know, this isn’t how the cartels gets their “good” stuff.

Shoot, I could’a told ’em that 16 years ago.

Related UPDATE

Note that last link was from April 2009, nine months before Mike Vanderboegh and I started our Fast and Furious reporting, but worth mentioning because it helps show how we were positioned to use the information we uncovered subsequent to the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry that kicked the whole thing off.

I mention that because of this:

I appreciate the recognition. Most were never told and will never know.

You’ll not find our names here (I’ve been told by those who tried that attempts to add them have been edited out) or in an incentivized media narrative.

Bienvenidos a la Fiesta, Amigos

And all with no hyperventilating accusations of racism…

I guess protest can’t happen unless there they serve cartel interests…

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Gunwalking Enough

Federal prosecutors are accusing a Chicago cop of using his status as a law enforcement officer to buy guns for an accomplice who funneled them to Mexico… Prosecutors say Rodriguez abused his position as a cop to acquire AR-style rifles and pistols not available to private citizens under Illinois law. [More]

You’d think living there he’d understand about encroaching on a bigger gang’s turf.

Forget it, Jake. It’s Chi-Town.

South of the Border, Down Mexico Way

TikTokker and singer Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, 32, husband Roberto Carlos Gil Licea, 36, son Gael Santiago, 13, and 7-year-old daughter Regina were discovered murdered inside the abandoned gray Ford Ranger in Guadalajara on Aug. 22… [More]

Democrats want their killers to be able to cross the border and embed themselves in our society at will. And they want us to be defenseless.

[Via Michael G]

Doing the Crimes Americans Won’t Do

According to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Missouri, 13 individuals were indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine along with illegal possession of machine guns. The statement said ten of these individuals are Mexican Nationals… [More]

So, who should be suing whom…?

Note anti-gun Democrats and their judges fight deportation attempts tooth and nail.

[Via Steve T]

Once More Unto the Breach

Mexican President Says No Backing Down from Suing U.S. Gun Industry [More]

What, we expect them to heed our laws and Supreme Court rulings?

Did someone say “Tax remittances“…?

Sometimes, the only way to deal with a yapping Chihuahua is to make sure it understands who the Alpha is.

[Via bondmen]

Down in Mexico Where the Peppers Grow

Crack down on Mexican cartels after missing musicians found burned near Mexican border… Federal agencies gathered in South Texas to address the alarming issue of firearms from the United States ending up in the hands of Mexican cartels. [More]

Not sure what the connection is, but I can’t help notice Democrats who want OUR guns coming together to keep ICE from deporting Mexican criminals so that stuff like this can become a regular occurrence in a vecindario near you.

[Via Jess]

Even Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson Got It Right

The Supreme Court unanimously threw out Mexico’s multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the American gun industry on Thursday that sought to usher in major changes to firearm sales by holding companies liable for cartel violence. [More]

At what point will the industry go after Jonathan Lowy for costs and fees?

South of the Border, Down Mexico Way

Two top officials in Mexico City died at the hands of a team of gunmen in a crime that shook the highest levels of that country’s government. The targeted killing comes just days after a group of gunmen in Jalisco State shot and killed two police instructors with ties to the U.S. Department of State. [More]

Y’hear that, Pedro?

[Via bondmen]

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