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The true and shocking account of your undercover smuggling operation. Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, designed to stem the stream of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of "gun walking" sting businesses, including Operations Wide Receiver and Procedure Fast & Furious. The federal government allowed licensed weapon dealers to market weapons to against the law straw buyers so that they could continue to monitor the firearms as they were used in higher-level traffickers and key characters in Mexican cartels. Motivated by a feeling of patriotic duty, Tucson gun dealer and creator Mike Detty alerted the neighborhood ATF office when he was initially contacted by suspected cartel affiliates. Detty made the determination and assumed the potential risks involved to help the feds make their case, often selling weapons to these thugs from his home in the lifeless of night. Originally prepared that the exploration would last just weeks, Detty's undercover engagement functioning Wide Receiver, the precursor to Procedure Fast & Furious, that was by far the largest "weapon walking" probe, stretched on for an astonishing and dangerous 3 years. Though the case took several twists and converts, possibly the cruelest switch was his betrayal by the agency he risked everything to help.
