California, by contrast, accounted for 90 guns, three percent of the total. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to . View of cartridges and weapons from the gangsters and drug-traffickers at the Military Headquarter in Mexico City, on November 7, 2008. You never cease to make an absolute fool of yourself. It's made it easier than ever to drive to any Texas gun shop and legally stockpile guns, whether or not the customers belong to a Mexican cartel. In 2018, the homicide rate in Mexico hit a record high of 35,964, spiking 12 percent from the year before, according to the countrys National Institute of Statistics and Geography. On the Shelf. As Mexican drug groups cut in on avocado sales by extorting growers, armed locals fight back, Daughter of Mexican cartel boss sentenced to US prison for violation of Kingpin Act. Cartels:As Mexican drug groups cut in on avocado sales by extorting growers, armed locals fight back. Court documents show such purchasers buying as many as 20 AK-47s at a time, paying as much as $11,000 in cash. Say hello to our favorite little Al Pacino movie: The Brian De Palma classic from the '80s that has cemented Tony Montana, his little machine gun friend, and Michelle Pfeiffer's stunning slip dresses in cinema history. In fact these Paperwork-Americans are even more American than us evil racists! "Operation Wide Receiver" was a subset of the overall project, centered around Arizona. Why havent you closed your northern border with a massive military presence to stop south bound smuggling? Newsweek, the defunct print magazine, reports that Mexican drug and crime cartels prefer American-made guns to use against their rivals and innocent Mexican civilians. filed a lawsuit in theUS District Court in Massachusetts against the company and 10 other gun manufacturers. The English actor found the good side of being bad, Bad news that cult recovery group just might be a cult. Not the party of civil rights,, wait the Democratic Party is not nor has it ever been the Party of Civil Rights as it has always opposed and still opposes the Constitution; it has been and continues to be the Party of Civil Right Suppression, the Party of Slavery, the Party of the KKK, the Party who opposed voting rights,, (just Google it, Google any historic Democratic Politician in history). I would be one of the richest people on the planet. While we're busy patting ourselves on the back, you can pat too by voting here and here. The California Maniac could just as easily bought a second hand gun and instead of killing people with it could have made handsome profit by selling it and more like it to Mexico because he is not connected by paperwork to what he is selling. Also, follow us on Facebook, and we'll follow you forever. Worried that weapons purchases for drug cartels might fuel more calls for tougher U.S. gun control laws, gun-rights advocates insist that existing laws are sufficient to control such trafficking. Vasquez'sattorney, Silverio Martinez, said he plans to lobby for leniency, even probation, arguing this is his client's first arrest. Under tight security, an anonymous New York federal court jury deliberated for three days before reaching a verdict in the drug trafficking case against ex-Public Security Secretary Genaro Garca Luna. Then, he says, 'Oh, I've been interested in the Barrett.' Build the wall, Mexico. Explain again how the two assists are not in prison for supplying weapons to know criminals that used the weapons to kill US citizens. And four years ago, two sons of El Chapo Guzmn were kidnapped in another restaurant 500 meters from where they shot the former governor two days ago. The Chicago study proved guns used in crime were often at least 11 years old and had passed through many hands making it impossible to trace them to the person that used them in a crime. American firearms power a brutal conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. Mexico: 18 bodies found after suspected drug cartel gun battle The bullet-ridden bodies of 18 men were discovered in Zacatecas state after apparent confrontation between suspected. Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan argued against doubts raised by the National Rifle Association that ninety percent of all assault weapons seized in . Criminal gangs that wish to project power often post photos on social media of their members toting M82 gunsand latest military gadgets, mimicking the style of special forces units. Cartels seek out military-grade weapons, he said: "The bigger the better.". Cant have all those firearms in the USA, so lets pipeline them to Mexico. Hundreds of firearms on display before being destroyed at . Im curious, did you even read your own article before posting it? Have a story to share with Cracked? There were undercover agents in the store, sometimes. The weapons are sold legally but the purchasers must sign a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives document saying they are buying the guns for themselves. Homeland Security teamed with the ATF tolauncha confidential tip line asking for help from the public, displaying the number on about 200 billboards near the border,asking for information on illegal guns bound for Mexico. I bet they have favorite beers and hand grenades, too. Just look at the numbers for their drug war: U.S. agents also are helping train Mexican police on investigative techniques and evidence collection and improving intelligence sharing, Lestrange said. Holder and Obama spoiled the Mexican Cartels by sending them all those quality US made weapons while they ran the show in Washington. Many interesting behind-the-scenes bits have happened during the 20 years of telling tales about our favorite trailer-park residents, Bobs never bought Christmas seals he told me he wouldnt know what to feed them, Below you, an entire other world operates. All of the straw buyers were arrested in one fell swoop in 2011. Every once in a while, a dolt drops a gem. LMFAO. Its just to easy to buy up second hand guns and ship them to Mexico. The recent California shooting was done by a maniac who drove for almost 12 hours to commit crime. So same basic rules as slinging coffee at Starbucks, only with slightly higher stakes if somebody doesn't buy your fake smile. Of theguns used in crimes in Mexico and traced back to the United States, about 41% camefrom Texas, he said. Answer (1 of 16): There a ton of AK and Russian type military machine guns (I've seen a Russian equivalent 12.6 MM of the .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a truck. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ioan Grillo about the illegal flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico. A 9mm browning pistol has the diamond encrusted initials of LMJ. Whether it's the Juarez Cartel or Sinaloa's 'Chapo' Guzman, one thing the cartels in Mexico and South America have in common are flashy weapons. You have lost 4,020 Federal, State, and Municipal Police killed by the cartels. We sat down with "James," who worked at one of the gun stores the ATF ordered to sell firearms to drug cartels. A gun that can shoot through tanks is pretty useful for that. How does the cartel feel about branded accessories? Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours. What i believe is that If i want to sale you ballons ,i give you a good price nd you will greatly say my ballons are the best .. quoteTijuanas Director of Public Safety, Marco Antonio Sotomayor, says most of the guns flowing into his city come from north of the border.quote. I could have sworn that at one time there was a federal law that banned face masks, a law intended to force the KKK out into the open. Further investigation revealed that from Jan. 21, 2020 to July 11, 2022, Hernandez had purchased 231 handguns 9mm's, .380's and .22's which officials suspect he smuggled into Mexico. Thirty-four. The Bushmaster .223 comes with a 30-round magazine, enabling the shooter to fire all 30 rounds, one for each pull of the trigger, in a minute or less. In May 2008, Mexican federal police raided a suspected trafficker house in Culiacan, a long-standing drug hotbed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. First manufactured in the 1980s, the M82 rose to prominence during the first Gulf War when it was adopted by theUS military. ", Once the purchase was completed and the "customer" left the store, " the money was counted with the cameras watching it. The M82 can easily penetrate bulletproof vests, concrete walls and even tanks, says its manufacturer Barrett Firearms. It got to the point where we would give the ATF our cellphone numbers. ReporterKarolSurez contributed to this story. , Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. . These guys aren't stupid. Comparing it to Belgium and Czech and German Model 98s made the M70 look like a piece of trash. Reports suggest the Fast and Furious guns are tied to at least 69 killings. Mexican and U.S. authorities arrested Guzman in February; he had eluded authorities for decades. CJNG video shows off high-powered guns:Why a viral drug cartel video showing off tanks and taunts is bad news for the US. Till then, fuck you! CJNG members posted a video that went viral on social media in July2020 showing off their arsenal of tanks and .50-caliber guns. The indigenous people of Mexico do arm themselves and fight the government. SALT LAKE CITY A Utah woman is heading to federal prison for buying dozens of high powered rifles for Mexican drug cartel members. While they had been gun-running since 2006, a 2011 report by the inspector general criticized the agency for dedicating too many resources to busting straw purchasers and not enough at busting the cartel guys doing the buying. ", The Barrett is a rifle with almost no practical criminal uses. Gunmen battled on a beach near Puerto Morelos as tourists scrambled into a Hyatt . Alfred Guzman and Ivan Guzman are the sons of Joaqun (El Chapo) Guzmn Loera better known as the infamous kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel, which is North America's post powerful, and feared, organization trafficking drugs and laundering money worldwide. You also said: The tribes in America are not allowed to do things like that, instead they have to follow 3 sets of laws, otherwise a lot of white Americans would move to the reservations for some liberty. The Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), despite sounding like the most fun bureau in history, generally frowns on that kind of thing. What Newell said quite clearly is that . Fast and Furious was a Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) "gunrunning" operation in which the Obama administration allowed guns to be sold to Mexican drug cartels in the hope the weapons would be recovered at crime scenes. Even ballistic helmets were seen in use. Theyre American-made guns, Sotomayor told the Union-Tribune. A gold plated pistol and jewelry, allegedly seized from Manuel Alquisires Garcia, aka "El Meme," sit on display during his presentation to the press of in Mexico City, Monday Sept. 12, 2011. Also FN57 pistols but, the Barretts were the big one. SHARE AK-47 favorite gun of cartels WASHINGTON Convicted gun smuggler John Phillip Hernandez of Houston was likely not the kind of customer that Bushmaster Firearms International had in mind when he purchased 14 of the company's .223 caliber AR-15s at Houston area gun shops in 2006 and 2007. ), We want USA to be majority white! I'm a projects reporter, examining key education topics and other local issues. Agents launched 534 investigations, seized $29 million and intercepted more than 1,200 guns, 4,700 magazines for semi-automatic and automatic weapons and 700,000 rounds of ammunition headed to. They're probably gonna go to super-prison for that. The weapons are sold to the cartels, often for three or four times the original price. And follow Robert on Twitter. Earlier this month, theMexican government sued U.S. gun manufacturers in federal court, accusing them of fueling the violence. Colt Super .38 pistol: Colt, based in West Hartford, Conn., is the corporate legacy of Samuel Colt, who popularized the revolver in the years before the Civil War. build the wall you promised us! How could the ATF make selling firearms to the cartels a more pleasurable process? This, by the way, is the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle: It costs between $8,000 and $10,000, and it can literally put a bullet through most light tanks. Or is it because the CA border is not a barrier to trafficking contraband? I hear Chinese AK-74 types a. Enough-time for real action. We had four or five come in that first guy came in five or six times, saying he was starting a collection. A Draco, purchased in Joshua, Texas, near Forth Worth, was used in the attack and shooting death of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico in February. Earlier in the week, more than one . Not all of them went to prison, and none of them were cartel bigwigs. Well short answer. "You put on a face, like any customer service job, and you try to build a rapport with these guys. As of 2018 you have lost 395 servicemen killed and 137 missing, presumed killed by over 100,000 cartel fighters. RELATED:Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico. Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. "I was working in a very large gun store in Phoenix at the time, and we sold everything. Snowfall is my favorite show centered around drugs - EVER. "Almost all guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico 70% to 90% of them were trafficked from the U.S.," the Mexican government claims in its complaint. John Boch, you said: is on the streets after a gun battle between Mexican security forces and suspected cartel gunmen, in Villa Union, Mexico . But, gradually, their suspicions began to pile up " then, we started getting more and more phone calls over the weeks. Of those murders, at least 20,005 were carried out with guns. Of those murders, at least 20,005 were carried out with guns. [and I wonder what fraction of those murders were carried out at the behest of federal authorities by their cartel buddiesthe same Federales that prohibit citizens from arming up to defend themselves against the cartels.]. Diaz, who pleaded guilty, and Vasquezareawaiting sentencing. One exhibit features weapons seized from cartel members. Would they be interested in Hello Kitty grips or SpongeBob sights? So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers with an Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team were screening traffic headed out of Laredo on the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge in October when they noticed a bundle under the carriage of Vasquez's SUV, secured with black ties. "They didn't look like they were all connected One guy came in with his wife and kids. A jury didn't believe him,convictingJose RafaelVasquez last month of attempting to smuggle goods out of the country. The Mexican government estimates that more than half a million guns are smuggled from the U.S. each year, arming Mexico's deadly cartel wars. For those who never heard about this story. An admirer of Colombian crime boss Pablo Escobar places flowers on his . If American made guns are somehow responsible for all this killing by the evil people using them, why do you allow them to enter your country so easily? John Allen Muhammad, the D.C. sniper, and his youthful accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, used a Bushmaster .223 in nine of 10 sniper-style murders that terrorized the Washington area in 2002. There must be a mistake. The Hearst survey parallel the findings of a Violence Policy Center report from 2009 documenting 21 gun-trafficking court cases involving 1,700 weapons funneled to Mexico, as well as a federal law enforcement report this year, based on 2,921 guns recovered in Mexico and traced to original U.S. purchases between December 2006 and November 2010. Obama supplied guns to mexican gangs, and were also used in Paris France terrorist attack. They want to disarm the USA as they arm who they want. Century Arms Draco 7.62X39mm pistol: Another Romanian import. He claimed he didn't know the names of the gun buyers or their cartel affiliations. While this is isn't based on one true story, it follows a teenager at the forefront of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. It's a more powerful version of the Beretta popularized in James Bond novels and films. 2. of violence in this conflict: intra-cartel disputes, inter-cartel rivalries, and the overall war that Mexican President Felipe Caldern's government is waging on the cartels. The federal report also concluded that of 2,921 traced guns, 1,470, or 50 percent, were from Texas. Distraction. MLB legend makes surprise appearance at Astros' Spring Training, Hiker takes 'once-in-a-lifetime' photo at Brazos Bend State Park, Eric Gordon trade looking better and better for Houston Rockets, This Texas Hill Country town is the new, cooler Fredericksburg, This is what Houston looks like from space, Oops! It costs between $8,000 and $10,000, and it can literally put a bullet through most light tanks. That's the NRA position.". A special investigative report in 2019 by TheCourier Journal warned of CJNG's ruthlessness in Mexico and its reach across the U.S. into small towns. One thing struck him as particularly odd: " as I'm ringing up the transaction, he has one of those little drawstring backpacks. Most of Mexicos gun violence (and violence in general) has primarily come from the cartel wars through the illicit gun trade and insatiable drug thurst facilitated by the United States. The place is called La Leche and it continues to be one of Vallarta's tourist attractions. [nearly all the guns they bother to trace through the ATFwhich is basically those with US markings on them, duh], The underground trade of weapons to Mexico is worth hundreds of millions of dollars annuallywith American guns used to kill tens of thousands of Mexicans each year. Maybe if the border was more of an obstacle], Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. Same guys, different job. Latin American criminal gangs have embraced social media and messaging platforms to spread narco culture and sell drugs. "The majority of weapons we've seized since we started this operation have been in the corridor by Laredo, Texas from Laredo to El Paso," he said. See I figured they were big fans of German guns, going back to that huge illegal arms contract HK won for the cartels awhile back. Between 2009 and 2020, authorities seized 358 M82rifles, according to official figures cited by the Milenio newspaper. The cartel can trace its roots to the 1960s and '70s, when farming families entered the marijuana business. Photo gallery: The top ten favorite guns of the Mexican drug cartels By Will Tucker on July 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM Texas on the Potomac reporter-researcher Will Tucker has compiled a photo. I do like tacos though. But in all honesty the article above does not tell the whole truth about illegal guns in Mexico or South America as drug gangs also get guns from international arms traffickers as well, especially factory made full auto weapons. To lose that many military, cops, politicians and citizens murdered by gangsters is phenomenal. That included riflesmanufactured in Tennessee and Arkansas capable of downing aircraft or ripping through armored police cars andtanks. Mexican Cartels Are Arming Themselves to the Teeth With Powerful US Sniper Rifles High-powered .50-caliber rifles can be purchased legally in most of the U.S. and they keep showing up in the. Agents launched 534investigations, seized $29 million and intercepted more than 1,200 guns,4,700 magazines for semi-automatic and automatic weaponsand 700,000 rounds of ammunition headed to Mexico, Lestrange told The Courier Journalthis month. A handgun covered with gold and money sized to alleged financial agent of the drug "Cartel del Golfo", Manuel Alquisires Garcia, aka "El Meme" and also know as Agustin Sanchez Morua, are shown during his presentation to the press on September 12, 2011 in Mexico City. There, members oftheGulf Cartel and CJNGhave formed a partnership, Jones said. In the world of assault-type weaponry, power is measured by bullet caliber, velocity and range, as well rapidity of fire and ammunition magazine capacity. How AMLO Has Fueled Mexico's Drug War. Never heard of Fast and Furious? You took their 4473 and transcribed all that, then it asked what type of transaction it was, how many 100s, how many 50s, how many 10s, ones. A museum in Mexico City has dozens of seized paraphilia on display. The M82 can easily penetrate bulletproof vests, concrete walls and even tanks, says its manufacturer Barrett Firearms. He pulls a paper bag out, takes out 10 grand in cash rubber-banded in thousand dollar increments. Havent you heard anyone who comes to the US and gets a magic piece of paper is just as American and you and I. blames CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel for the bulk of America's illicit fentanyl, U.S. Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Guns and munitions confiscated to alleged Mexican drug dealers Alberto Sanchez Hinojosa aka "El Tony", Francisco Arteaga Espino and Leonel Cruz Hernandez are displayed to the press in Mexico City on September 7, 2008. AP/Eduardo Verdugo. Im having a memory lapsewhich guns are made in Mexico, exactly? Straw purchases for others are a violation of federal firearms law. Vasquez was born in Mexico but raised his family in Dallas, where he ran a moving company with his three adult sons. In fact, according to Newsweek, cartel criminals view American guns as status symbols because, well, they work. The Hearst survey of court cases found these weapons among the top 10: The Belgian-made FN Herstal Five-SeveN: Some versions of this pistol hold 10 rounds; others have a 20-round capacity. Seriously, I feel your pain. The Medellin cartel surged to power in the 1980s. Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours.. After paying the piso and traveling throughCoahuila, Diaz still wouldhave faced a 14-hour drive south toMichoacn. Working together across 18 different countries over the course of 10 months, the consortium investigated the global networks of Mexican drug cartels and their political connections around the world. The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous U.S. border has alarmed Mexican officials and few weapons are as powerful as the U.S.-made M82 semi-automatic rifle increasingly favored by . Never mind that the majority of the cartels armament needs are met by leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. It all started in 2017, when Norma Llamas Rodriguez, 47,. We were placing special orders with Barrett because we couldn't keep up demand. Mexican officials want to disarm America so the can finally claim Texas again and spread there filth into the lungs and veins of every Godless heathen that exists :). Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and check out another How To Solve The Country's Gun Problem, and watch other videos you won't see on the site! No way the Democrats would support increasing the numbers of guns in the world. The bridge connectsEagle Pass, Texas, to the Northern Mexicocity of Piedras Negras in the state of Coahuila. Pass a domestic terrorism bill.. Then, basic questions: Did you feel they knew what they were buying? "Their goal is the bulk purchase of maximum firepower.". A jeweler shows a gun butt made of gold, diamonds, emeralds and rubies to form the Mexican flag, for a 1911 pistol in Culiacan, Sinaloa state on July 12, 2011. Blaming Californias laws for failing is about as stupid as blaming Blaming Democrats for inter city crime but thats another story thats way over your head. Cartel gunmen armed with AK-47s purchased in Arizona overwhelmed the police, killing eight. Accessories?". I'm like, 'makes sense, he's a military kid.' But then, he broke out the huge bag of cash. Excuse the pun, but when are you gonna pull the trigger on this? MEXICO CITY, Aug 6 The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porousUS border has alarmedMexicanofficials and few weapons are as powerful as theUS-made M82 semi-automaticrifleincreasingly favored by the powerfuldrugcartels. By Jared Olson. 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