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'''Project Gunrunner''' is an operation of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]] (ATF) intended to stem the flow of [[firearms]] into [[Mexico]], in an attempt to deprive the Mexican drug cartels of weapons.<ref>[http://www.atf.gov/publications/factsheets/factsheet-project-gunrunner.html Project Gunrunner]</ref>

In early 2011, the operation became controversial when it was revealed that [[Operation Fast and Furious]] and other probes under Project Gunrunner had [[ATF gunwalking scandal|allowed guns to "walk" into the hands of Mexican drug cartels]] since as early as 2006.<ref name="tw1npr1">{{cite web|title=AP Exclusive: Second Bush-Era Gun-Smuggling Probe|url=

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20111015_13_A10_WASHIN703082

|publisher=The Associated Press|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Charlie|title=Agent Who Supervised Gun-Trafficking Operation Testifies on His Failings|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/us/politics/27guns.html|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=16 October 2011}}</ref>