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U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General
A Review of ATF’s Operation Fastand Furious and Related Matters
(REDACTED)
 
Office of the Inspector GeneralOversight and Review DivisionSeptember 2012
 
i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1
 
I.
 
Methodology of the Investigation ....................................................... 3
 
II.
 
Organization of this Report ............................................................... 5
 
CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ......................................... 9
 
I.
 
Federal Firearms Regulations ........................................................... 9
 
A.
 
ATF and the Federal Firearms Licensee ................................... 9
 
B.
 
Recordkeeping Requirements and the Form 4473 .................. 10
 
C.
 
State Regulations and Mexican law ....................................... 12
 
II.
 
Firearms Trafficking Enforcement ................................................... 13
 
A.
 
ATF Investigative Guidelines .................................................. 13
 
B.
 
ATF’s National Tracing Center ............................................... 15
 
C.
 
Applicable Federal Criminal Statutesand StrawPurchasing ............................................................................ 17
 
III.
 
Firearms Seizure and Forfeiture ...................................................... 19
 
A.
 
Property Seized as Evidence .................................................. 20
 
B.
 
Property Seized for Forfeiture ................................................ 20
 
C.
 
Abandonment........................................................................ 21
 
IV.
 
 The Southwest Border and Relevant Department Memorandaand Initiatives ................................................................................. 21
 
A.
 
April 27, 2009, Guidelines for Consideration of OCDETFDesignation for Firearms Trafficking Cases Related toMexican Drug Cartels ............................................................ 22
 
B.
 
 June 17 and June 25, 2009, National Firearms TraffickingEnforcement Strategy and Enforcement Plan Memoranda ...... 22
 
C.
 
 January 7, 2010, Strategy for Combating the MexicanCartels .................................................................................. 23
 
D.
 
September 8, 2010, Project Gunrunner – a Cartel-FocusedStrategy ................................................................................ 24
 
E.
 
November 2010 OIG Review of ATF’s Project Gunrunner ........ 25
 
 
iiCHAPTER THREE: OPERATION WIDE RECEIVER .................................... 27
 
I.
 
Introduction ................................................................................... 27
 
II.
 
Methodology of the OIG’s Review ..................................................... 28
 
III.
 
Organization of this Chapter ........................................................... 30
 
IV.
 
Operation Wide Receiver I (2006) .................................................... 31
 
A.
 
Inception and Early Investigation of the Case ........................ 31
 
B.
 
Horowitz and Betancourt Take Over Straw Purchases inApril 2006 ............................................................................. 36
 
C.
 
Involvement of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and ATF DivisionCounsel and Discussion of “Walking” Guns in June and July 2006 .............................................................................. 38
 
D.
 
Refusal by San Diego ATF Office to Assist Tucson ATF Officein Delivery of 17 AR-15 Lower Receivers in June 2006 ........... 44
 
V.
 
Operation Wide Receiver II (2007) ................................................... 45
 
A.
 
Resumption of the Case with a New Group of Buyers andArrest of Gonzalez in February 2007 ...................................... 45
 
B.
 
Celaya’s Purchasing Activity Continues Unabated as FocusShifts to a New Subject in April 2007 .................................... 48
 
C.
 
Attempts to Coordinate with Mexican Law Enforcementbetween April and June 2007 ................................................ 49
 
D.
 
Move Toward the Use of Electronic Surveillance in June2007 ..................................................................................... 55
 
E.
 
Seizure of 32 Firearms and Recovery of Firearms in Mexicoin July 2007 .......................................................................... 57
 
F.
 
Approval of the First Title III Application in August 2007 ....... 58
 
G.
 
Straw Purchases During Electronic Surveillance.................... 62
 
H.
 
Summary of Firearms Purchases and Seizures ...................... 66
 
VI.
 
Prosecution of the Case .................................................................. 67
 
A.
 
Handling of the Case by the U.S. Attorney’s Office ................. 67
 
B.
 
Assignment of a Criminal Division Prosecutor........................ 69
 
C.
 
Reactions to Operation Wide Receiver by the CriminalDivision Front Office .............................................................. 71
 
D.
 
Indictments and Sentencing .................................................. 75
 
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