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Vitchilo
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Mexico worried about U.S. arms plan

Talks on transferring some of Afghanistan's arms surpluses to the U.S.-Mexico border have raised concerns some weapons will end up in arsenals of drug cartels and organized crime.

With Eric Holder still in charge, you got a point.

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The Pentagon's Law Enforcement Support Office has distributed more than $468 million in surplus equipment in 2011, about $17.6 million of it in Texas.

A campaign for further transfers to the border was launched by U.S. Reps. Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and backed by border sheriffs in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

A letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked for early decision on further deliveries of surplus Afghanistan equipment to the border.

"Much of this equipment would be useful to the federal, state and local law enforcement in their efforts to secure the border with Mexico," the lawmakers said, in a follow-up to other moves in Congress to require the Pentagon to hand over up to 10 percent of the surplus to southern border agencies.


And Fast and Furious wasn't all...
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WikiLeaks diplomatic cables revealed confidential texts that reported U.S. arms supplies to Honduras had ended up with Mexican drug cartels and gangs in Colombia.

The seized weapons included light anti-tank weapons and grenades supplied to Honduras under the Foreign Military Sales program.

Great job there.

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