The Office of the Inspector General calls the federal operation "poorly conceived and executed" and "particularly irresponsible" because of information agents had about a dangerous suspect.The case reminded some observers of how the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed thousands of assault rifles to be trafficked to Mexican drug cartels in the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious.
In fact, Jean Baptiste Kingery, the California man accused of being a grenade trafficker, came to the attention of the inspector general's office during the probe of Fast and Furious, which also occurred on Attorney General Eric Holder's watch as head of the Justice Department.
The missteps of the U.S. attorney’s office in Arizona and the ATF allowed Kingery, a 43-year-old U.S. citizen, to move massive amounts of grenade parts and ammunition to Mexico’s ruthless drug cartels, Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded.
The sad thing? Nobody will be punished for this egregious violation of the law and the trouble it caused and still causes in Mexico. Holder should be in jail