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). Miguel Diaz Calderon never made it out of Texas. So, thats bad, thats a horror. It would help gangs and cartels to increase their presence and elevate homicide and crime rates in the U.S. As troll names go, yours is especially stupid. But it has expanded operations in the majority of Mexico's states. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! The sheriff believes cartel coyotes are making between $1,000 and $1,500 for every person brought into the country. RELATED:Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico. It depicts one cartel member dressed in a garish shirt, cowboy hat and belt buckle. A close reading of the motion referenced above suggests that the deal with the Sinaloa drug gang may have included shipments of guns to the cartel to be used to thin out the ranks of rival drug . Same questions. Former AG Bill Barr calls for the U.S. military to fight the 'narco A large-scale drug investigation in the Valley led to the seizure of millions of fentanyl pills, thousands of pounds of meth and more. They know how to pull the wool over your eyes.". Soldiers stand guard around a presentation of arms captured in an operation against the Gulf cartel in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The group decries the name "assault weapon" and refers to high-powered guns as "modern sporting rifles." We'll sell those guys so many guns they drown in them!" Violence in Mexico has claimed nearly 40,000 lives since President Felipe Calderon began a military offensive aimed at overpowering drug cartels. But then, he broke out the huge bag of cash. An Italian-made 9mm pistol that is a best-seller among U.S. law enforcement agencies. The problem isnt cartels sneaking (civilian) guns from the U.S. Earlier in the week, more than one . 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. 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. Eighty-seven percent of traceable firearms seized by the Mexican government have been traced back to the U.S. We've inadvertently "gifted" Mexico with more than 64,000 firearms over the last five years. How about we lock up a guy who sold the cartels weapons used to kill people including Brian Terry. Get the best of Cracked sent directly to your inbox! When he entered office in 2006, Caldern immediately moved on the cartels. A Washington man drove to a U.S. border crossing last year in his teal Ford pickup truck loadedwith a hidden arsenal bound for a Mexican cartel war zone. We've received your submission. Email us here. 12 of 29 13 of 29 Guns and munitions confiscated from alleged Mexican drug dealers . They also discoveredmore than 10,000 rounds of ammunition hidden in an ice chest in the gas tankand inside the spare tire,court records show. And that region continues struggling with. In 2016, members of the Knights Templar cartel in Michoacan state allegedly downed a helicopter with an M82rifle, theMexicanlawsuit said. "The brand names are inconsequential what matters is that our laws aren't being enforced," said Andrew Arulanandam, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association. Barretts were basically the only gun the cartels wanted, and while they are both ridiculous and rich, we get the strange feeling these weren't meant as toys " it started to get more and more severe. According to prosecutors, the weapons are believed to belong to the Valencia gang, allies of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, and most of the 31 pistols found in the raid had gold or silver-plated grips or glittered with diamonds. Distraction. Investigators found several guns inside the packages, as well as in a secret compartment in the paneling. He campaigned on "Hugs, Not Bullets.". 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. 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. Sorry not in todays world American guns have some of the shittyist workmanship that I have ever seen compared to the U.S. guns that were made in the distant past and even those were often nothing when compared to finely made European guns. An estimated 20 attorneys, many based in Texas, are expected to unite to represent Mexico,including six companies they blame for the bulk of recovered crime guns there:Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Century Arms, Colt, Glockand Ruger. By Ioan Grillo Bloomsbury: 400 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org . 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. Pass red flag laws. It is also one of the weapons of choice for drug cartels, according to the. An NSSF survey last year found that 44 percent of owners of these weapons are active-duty or former military or law-enforcement personnel, and the typical owner is 35, married and has some college education. Exactly, if America had adopted Mexican-style gun control, it probably wouldve had as many mass shootings as Mexico has had in the past 30 years. This is how the cartels get the vast majority of their arsenal. I do not fault Mexico for failing to try, but I do wonder if somebody down there on the anti-cartel side is simultaneously trying to fail? As far as American guns being the best. Once inside the U.S., Century Arms converts the rifles into military-style AK-47s capable of holding 30-round magazines. Only if your definition of a thing is existing in quiet obsolescence. Did you feel they enjoyed their purchasing experience? Did that law get repealed or expire? If the laws actually worked, wouldnt Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas be the easier route? We can reduce the carnage if pols have the guts to act, Eric Holder (@EricHolder) August 5, 2019, Enough-time for real action. U.S. agents also are helping train Mexican police on investigative techniques and evidence collection and improving intelligence sharing, Lestrange said. US guns help arm Mexican drug cartels, like CJNG - The Courier-Journal Guns are funneled into the closest or easiest crossing into Mexico and they come from other states with lax laws. MEXICO: Stop the flow of Immigrants going north and maybe we will do something about guns going south across the border. Being monitored by the ATF, so Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. Have a story to share with Cracked? American firearms power a brutal conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. Sincerely, Yes, it was stressful but, at the same time, you knew what you had to do, and you did it and tried not to spook him, or whatever.". Not all of them went to prison, and none of them were cartel bigwigs. California gun-control activists credited that state's low total to strict state firearms laws that severely limit sales of military-style weaponry. Among Mexican traffickers, it has earned itself the nickname "cuerno de chivo" or "goat horn" because of its distinctive banana-shaped magazine. Drug cartels have been using monster type armored cars for about 15 years these recent photos clashes in tamaulipas between cdn and cdg they use m82 m017 barrets also m2 machine guns and 40mm grenades this doesn't happen very far from egle pass texas or mcallen texas . That sounds great, but the agent working with our source and his store told everyone that the charges wouldn't stick: "Our agent was pretty candid with us: He let us know the guys doing it had been arrested. 6 Ugly Things I Learned Selling Guns To Drug Cartels. They're probably gonna go to super-prison for that. From 2006 to 2013, the program expanded until it exploded into the stupidly named "Fast And Furious" scandal. In Michoacn, the global powerhouse Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin, or CJNG, has been engaged in a long and deadly battle with Sinaloa and other rival cartels. In Mexico City, the military has a museum used to train officials, diplomats, and cadets about the war on drugs. Diaz's attorney, Gregory Torres, declinedcomment. They are still covering for the Obama administration. MEXICAN drug cartels are using high-powered sniper rifles which fire bullets the size of cigars to take down police helicopters. Mexican Drug Cartels Agree: American-Made Guns Are the Best As of 2018 you have lost 395 servicemen killed and 137 missing, presumed killed by over 100,000 cartel fighters. Into Mexico.. Our own government is gifting military weapons to Mexico & those arms are being used by the cartels. Are ticket costs pricing Houston Astros fans out of Opening Day? Why was President Biden talking about Utahs 2002 Winter Games at the White House? They weren't tracking them well enough; everyone made it over the border. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. 1 gun in the Hearst survey was the AK-47 imported from Romania by Century International Arms of Delray Beach, Fla. Century Arms, as it's commonly known, legally circumvents a federal law stipulating that imported rifles must be suitable for "sporting purposes." ), We want USA to be majority white! ", It was a good gig for a while. He pulls a paper bag out, takes out 10 grand in cash rubber-banded in thousand dollar increments. Officials in Mexicowhich has just one gun store and issues fewer than 50 gun permits ayearblame lax U.S. gun laws and the prevalence of gun shops in Americafor the bulk of weapons that allow cartels to flourish. Last week, the Treasury sanctioned two Mexican businessmen and four Sinaloa Cartel members in connection with the illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl trade. CJNG is based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, in the state of Jalisco. To intercept more Mexico-bound guns, the U.S. Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy of 2020, of the National Drug Control Policy, vowed that "the United States will improve criminal-intelligence and information-sharing for illegal weapons trafficking and enhance cooperation with international partners.". The Democrats gave them the guns. Would they be interested in Hello Kitty grips or SpongeBob sights? 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. 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. Why doesnt it stop guns from going through their border into Mexico? Frankly, Im rather impressed you are still standing at all. Shut your pie hole Holder. They only wanted a couple of us dealing with it fill out this form, have the money counted, so we can bring drug dogs in to check the bills for drugs. American fentanyl crisis 'unleashed on purpose' by Mexican drug cartels 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. By the way, where were these officials when the Obama administration was running guns into Mexico as part of Operation Fast and Furious? If you want to keep guns out of the country, you do not appear to be making any real effort at it. Tijuanas Director of Public Safety, Marco Antonio Sotomayor, says most of the guns flowing into his city come from north of the border. Cartel forces seized a major regional capital city in broad daylight and defeated the national armed forces in open battle. weapons to Mexico. btw How Mexican drug cartels have caused a rapid increase in lime prices, putting a . Ban assault weapons, high capacity magazines, body armor, silencers. Century Arms Draco 7.62X39mm pistol: Another Romanian import. "And they're sending leads up to us to connect the dots.". Weapons and jewelry seized to alleged leader of "El Cartel del Golfo" Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, aka "El Coss", are presented to the press in Mexico City, on September 13, 2012. California, by contrast, accounted for 90 guns, three percent of the total. 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. 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. Once in the hands of cartel capos, however, the modern sporting rifle becomes very much an assault weapon. But the weapons that Hernandez and his associates purchased ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartel pistoleros, including the Bushmaster .223 that was later used to kill four police officers and three secretaries in Acapulco. Treasury sanctions Mexican gun trafficker with cartel ties And, lucky for them, America had a surplus of Barretts, because "fuck yeah.". Where do Mexican drug cartels get their guns? Often, the United States In fact these Paperwork-Americans are even more American than us evil racists! No, they published this piece in an effort to get the US Congress to tighten Americas gun control laws, ostensibly to stop the alleged flow of guns to Mexico. That's the NRA position.". In the absence of sane border security policies, Guerra said, drug cartels decide who crosses, and people in their organizations use the children to enter the U.S. South Carolina: Cartel drug trafficking investigation Im curious, did you even read your own article before posting it? Mexican drug cartels armed with sniper rifles that can take down 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 customized gold-plated handgun of Jaime Gonzalez Duran, aka "Hummer", founder of a group of hitmen called the "Zetas", shown to the press at the hangar of the Federal Police in Mexico City, on November 7, 2008. First manufactured in the 1980s, the M82 rose to prominence during the first Gulf War when it was adopted by theUS military. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sept. 7, 2010 -- A shocking new report obtained by ABC News says that as many as three out of four guns used in crimes in Mexico and recovered and capable of being traced can be traced to gun . Total dead including common citizens, murdered politicians and cartel members was at 115,000 estimated for 2006 thru 2018. Never mind that the majority of the cartels armament needs are met by leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. October 19, 2022 The typical image of violent, heavily armed Mexican drug cartels tends to leave out one very important fact: Texas is the source for many of those guns. Vasquez was born in Mexico but raised his family in Dallas, where he ran a moving company with his three adult sons. Seriously, I feel your pain. Actively providing firearms to one of the most dangerous organizations in the world and 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. is on the streets after a gun battle between Mexican security forces and suspected cartel gunmen, in Villa Union, Mexico . Known as "El Mencho," he commands the 5,000 member CJNG, nowas powerful as the Sinaloa Cartel but less known. Here's the Sick Tactic Cartels Are Using to Smuggle Members Into the NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ioan Grillo about the illegal flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico. Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. When the Coen Brothers needed someone to show The Dude how to really roll, they could turn to only one man: Hall of Fame professional bowler Barry Asher. El Mencho:Daughter of Mexican cartel boss sentenced to US prison for violation of Kingpin Act. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives contends the most popular are the FN-57 pistol, once nicknamed the cop-killer for the ammo it could fire; the AR type 223 rifle and the. The Central Intelligence Agency was intimately involved with the federal government's infamous "Operation Fast and Furious" scheme to send American weapons to Mexican drug cartels while. How AMLO Has Fueled Mexico's Drug War. Same guys, different job. The survey drawn from guns identified by manufacturer or importer in U.S. court documents from 44 cases involving 165 defendants in Texas, Arizona and three other states shows the purveyors of guns to Mexican drug traffickers followed a time-honored maxim of product salesmanship: Bigger is definitely better. Its compactness makes it easy to conceal and some versions can hold a 30-round magazine, made of lightweight polymer. Serial numbers really do tell a story. Drug cartels have been using monster type armored cars for about 15 2. That figures to 17.6 percent of the 29,000 figure for guns seized in Mexico, as given by the country's attorney general. A Hearst Newspapers survey of 1,600 guns purchased mostly in Texas and Arizona which were either shipped to Mexico or intercepted en route shows the Bushmaster .223 AR-15 ranks second among firearms apparently used in drug warfare. Cartels often use drug profits to pay Americans to buy weaponsfor them at retail stores andgun shows, called straw purchases. Even got a few border agents killed with those weapons. Gunmen who left behind at least one M82riflewere seen spraying the armor-plated car ofpolicechief Omar Garcia Harfuch with high-velocity rounds. 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.]. Mexico Sues US Gun Makers Over Illegal Guns Flowing Across - Insider Counting Mexico's Guns - FactCheck.org It makes Americas 1930s Gangster Era a minor skirmish by comparison, and it has lasted much longer too. SALT LAKE CITY A Utah woman is heading to federal prison for buying dozens of high powered rifles for Mexican drug cartel members. One thing struck him as particularly odd: " as I'm ringing up the transaction, he has one of those little drawstring backpacks. PDF OPTIONS FOR U.S. AND MEXICAN POLICY-MAKERS - The Institute of Politics Excuse the pun, but when are you gonna pull the trigger on this? Cartels exploiting border chaos to smuggle fentanyl into US - New York Post It is not clear if Century Arms imported the Draco in that case. The English actor found the good side of being bad, Bad news that cult recovery group just might be a cult. "Operation Wide Receiver" was a subset of the overall project, centered around Arizona. 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. 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. [most of his city is north of the border so that shouldnt be a surprise. In Mexico City, the military has a museum used to train officials, diplomats, and cadets about the war on drugs. 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. It fires the same round as the AK-47 but is significantly shorter and easier to conceal. Mexico remains a cautionary preview of what might happen in America if we adopted Mexican-style gun control.. But as the government attempts to stem the flow of drugs across the US border - it is these military-grade guns which are being smuggled in the other direction. Gun Companies The lawsuit over drug cartel violence could be part of a bigger change on guns. Automatic guns and rocket-propelled grenades follow drug trade routes back to China, Guatemala, and the black markets in Central and South America. And yes the California shooter did have a vetted gun but the point being made is that without uniform vetting laws funneling second hand guns into Mexico is a piece of cake. Weapons such as the M82 are part of a torrent of illegal arms flowing south, Mexico alleges, partly due to the manufacturers negligent business practices that had encouraged illegal arms trafficking.