WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- The acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is likely to resign because of the operation to follow guns in Mexico, CNN reported.
Kenneth Melson has come under fire for Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed U.S. guns to be purchased by Mexican gun cartels. The plan was to track guns in an effort to bring down smuggling networks. One of the guns was used to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent.