You have lost 4,020 Federal, State, and Municipal Police killed by the cartels. 1 Make rioting in public while wearing a mask a felony with mandatory prison time. "We've got agents and we've got trained criminal investigators from the host government in Mexico working investigations in Mexico," he said. Its a weapon of war, added the official. Cracked is up for TWO Webby Awards, for Best Humor Site and Best Video Entertainment! While we're busy patting ourselves on the back, you can pat too by voting here and here. Because they could be doing a hell of a lot more to fight smuggling into the country and to protect their own good guy guns from being stolen. The sheriff believes cartel coyotes are making between $1,000 and $1,500 for every person brought into the country. Now, he's militarized the country. Your selective quoting left out California being the source of Tijuanas American weapons (which is but a small minority of total weapons used down there, not that the article mentions that relevant fact). Latin American criminal gangs have embraced social media and messaging platforms to spread narco culture and sell drugs. Then, he says, 'Oh, I've been interested in the Barrett.' Tell you what, you let me have what the Cartels are able to get from the Mexican Military and Ill let you have what I have now. Theyre American-made guns, Sotomayor told the Union-Tribune. It fires 5.7X28mm cartridges, referred to as "mata policias" (cop killers) in Mexico because they can penetrate bulletproof vests. Being monitored by the ATF, so Typically, the purchaser turns the guns over to a broker who takes them across the border to Mexico, where such weapons cannot be bought legally. Automatic guns and rocket-propelled grenades follow drug trade routes back to China, Guatemala, and the black markets in Central and South America. Pass a domestic terrorism bill.. 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. I got a phone call one day on the shop line, and a guy was looking for a Barrett .50 cal, which is not a crazy weapon in terms of how available they are.". [most of his city is north of the border so that shouldnt be a surprise. El Mencho:Daughter of Mexican cartel boss sentenced to US prison for violation of Kingpin Act. To lose that many military, cops, politicians and citizens murdered by gangsters is phenomenal. One thing struck him as particularly odd: " as I'm ringing up the transaction, he has one of those little drawstring backpacks. Did that law get repealed or expire? Why Mexico Is Right to Sue U.S. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! "They didn't look like they were all connected One guy came in with his wife and kids. 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. Mexico has very strict restrictions on weapon. One room of the museum is dedicated to narco culture. We were placing special orders with Barrett because we couldn't keep up demand. Take a look at some of the flashiest weapons you'll ever see in the slideshow above. 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. I think thats pretty fair. weapons to Mexico. No way the Democrats would support increasing the numbers of guns in the world. As far as American guns being the best. 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. 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. Why doesnt it stop guns from going through their border into Mexico? Actively providing firearms to one of the most dangerous organizations in the world and Get the best of Cracked sent directly to your inbox! 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? ", "The ATF said, 'Don't refuse 'em, just let 'em go. 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. 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. Instead, the ATF lost 1,400 (or more!) Some suspects won't talk after their arrests and othersadmit smuggling guns but claim they don't know the names of the buyers or the cartel involved. Operation Without a Trace works in sync with efforts by ATF, which targetsstraw purchasers, and the DEA, whose agents piece together conspiracy cases by identifying drug networks and their links to specific cartels. Then, they were let go, because what they had done hadn't been illegal -- they hadn't seen a hand off. A large-scale drug investigation in the Valley led to the seizure of millions of fentanyl pills, thousands of pounds of meth and more. *awkward shrug*, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! A 9mm browning pistol has the diamond encrusted initials of LMJ. 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. In January, a Mexican judge charged. We've received your submission. Or is it because the CA border is not a barrier to trafficking contraband? A museum in Mexico City has dozens of seized paraphilia on display. These agencies team withthe U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosivesto investigate the financing, transportation, and communications methods of smuggling networks. 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. Theyre American-made guns, Sotomayor told the Union-Tribune. Of course, these same quoted Mexican officials made no mention of changing their own to laws to allow the little people to own some cold steel with which they could protect themselves and their families from corrupt federales and cartel predators. A gun that can shoot through tanks is pretty useful for that. But, one boy was a white boy who told me he had served. 8. Here's what he told us. Holder and Obama spoiled the Mexican Cartels by sending them all those quality US made weapons while they ran the show in Washington. Gunmen who left behind at least one M82riflewere seen spraying the armor-plated car ofpolicechief Omar Garcia Harfuch with high-velocity rounds. In summer, a command intercepted a dozen tourists after being mistaken for members of a rival cartel. So, thats bad, thats a horror. One of the most dangerous pockets of Mexico City: Teptio, the primary-black market area, under the thumb of the Union Cartel. The No. , Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. View of cartridges and weapons from the gangsters and drug-traffickers at the Military Headquarter in Mexico City, on November 7, 2008. Only if your definition of a thing is existing in quiet obsolescence. "The gun traffickers supplying Mexican drug organizations have become more selective and sophisticated in the weapons they acquire,"' said Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Washington-based Violence Policy Center, which extensively studied the issue. ", After a couple weeks of escalating sketchiness, they reported the straw purchasers to the ATF, who immediately showed up to shut this shit d-, Sean Rayford/Getty Images News/Getty Images, Nope! Mexico remains a cautionary preview of what might happen in America if we adopted Mexican-style gun control.. In Mexico, the weapon has disrupted the balance of power between criminal groupsand poorly equippedpoliceforces, according to Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, Program Director at the Mexico and Central America Office of Noria, a think tank. Last week, the Treasury sanctioned two Mexican businessmen and four Sinaloa Cartel members in connection with the illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl trade. Violence is rampant across Mexico. These guys aren't stupid. 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. It was going on all over the city -- we knew we weren't the only store -- you've got plenty of evidence, you know where they live. SHARE AK-47 favorite gun of Declare Eric Holder a domestic terrorist and arrest him. ", Spencer Platt/Getty Images News/Getty Images, "Once the ATF was more involved, we had a separate set of paperwork. So, you would come in, say hello, shoot the shit, ask him about his kid. 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 Democrats gave them the guns. Since the federal law banning assault weapons expired in 2004, so-called "straw purchasers" have flooded U.S. gun stores in the Southwest, mostly in Texas and Arizona, sweeping up these and other weapons. Cartels often use drug profits to pay Americans to buy weaponsfor them at retail stores andgun shows, called straw purchases. How U.S. They weren't tracking them well enough; everyone made it over the border. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. He didn't know much about it beside the fact that he wanted it.". None of the manufacturers, including Barrett, responded to Reuters requests for comment. It is also the native land ofruthless Mexican cartel bossRubn Oseguera Cervantes,a top U.S. target with a $10 million reward for information on his whereabouts. 2. 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. 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. They know how to pull the wool over your eyes.". I came here to say this. Id gut all weapons law and send any politician that suggest a new gun law to GitMo with a mandatory minimum sentence of life. Hesometimes loaned his SUV tohis employees and his relatives and argues that one of them could have hidden the guns, Martinez said. 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. 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. In the past, Jalisco has obtained squad machine guns, .50-caliber sniper rifles and 40mm grenades and launchers. Gold-plated, diamond-encrusted weapons are shown to the press after they were confiscated when the army seized a ranch in Zapopan, Mexico, Sunday, May 2, 2010. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. ReporterKarolSurez contributed to this story. 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. Diazis part of what cartel members call the Hormiga, Spanish for ant, referring to an ant trail of reliably flowing weapons transported from the southern U.S. to Mexico, said JaesonJones, who tracks cartel trends and previouslymanaged the daily operations of the Texas Rangers'Border Security Operations Center. MEXICAN drug cartels are using high-powered sniper rifles which fire bullets the size of cigars to take down police helicopters. Pass a domestic terrorism bill. Never heard of Fast and Furious? American firearms power a brutal conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. The Medellin cartel surged to power in the 1980s. 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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. The 5,114 figure is simply wrong. Cartels:As Mexican drug groups cut in on avocado sales by extorting growers, armed locals fight back. 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. We had a bunch of light machine guns, like an M249 SAW what caught me off guard is that he and I shot the crap about that one day. In May 2008, Mexican federal police raided a suspected trafficker house in Culiacan, a long-standing drug hotbed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. So same basic rules as slinging coffee at Starbucks, only with slightly higher stakes if somebody doesn't buy your fake smile. And he didn't want any ammo for it or any optics for it. 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. 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). Same guys, different job. 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. It is also one of the weapons of choice for drug cartels, according to the. 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. 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. The "El Presidente" model is popular in Mexico because it is one of the few guns legally available there, according to the Violence Policy Center. June 23, 2022, 4:35 PM. 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. 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. 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! 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. John Boch, you said: This is how the cartels get the vast majority of their arsenal. https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/. Mexican Drug Cartels Agree: American-Made Guns Are the Best, Mexican drug and crime cartels prefer American-made guns. Known as "El Mencho," he commands the 5,000 member CJNG, nowas powerful as the Sinaloa Cartel but less known. Meanwhile, the Mexican government blames prominent U.S. gun manufacturers for the influx of cartel weaponsin its lawsuit against them in federal court in Boston. Ebrard said about 60% of the weapons seized in Mexico in recent years were believed to have been sold in 10 U.S. counties, mostly along the border. 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 M82 guns, often fitted with a scope to act as snipers weapon, can fire 70 rounds per minute with a maximum range of 2,500 meters. Thousands upon thousands of firearms are smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. each year. 3. leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. Its just to easy to buy up second hand guns and ship them to Mexico. it would help a great deal if the U.S. had much tighter gun control and drug enforcement.. In 2019, a record 68 such weapons were captured. Guns and munitions confiscated from 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, after they were detained in Villahermosa, Tabasco state. Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours.. The arrests on January 19 are the result of Operation Semper Infidelis, a Los Angeles Strike Force investigation that targeted a domestic weapons trafficking organization that provided firearms and ammunition to the Crtel Jalisco Nueva Generacin (CJNG), one of the largest and most violent drug cartels in Mexico. 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. 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. You never cease to make an absolute fool of yourself. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Reports suggest the Fast and Furious guns are tied to at least 69 killings. CJNG video shows off high-powered guns:Why a viral drug cartel video showing off tanks and taunts is bad news for the US. Same questions. 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 . 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. Miguel Diaz Calderon never made it out of Texas. Not all of them went to prison, and none of them were cartel bigwigs. If the laws actually worked, wouldnt Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas be the easier route? That's the NRA position.". U.S. Customs agents searched hisvehicle at the Eagle Passcrossing and found 43 shotguns, rifles and pistols. "As a result of the continued use and possession of many of these guns, residents of Mexico will continue to be killed and injured by these guns, and the public will continue to fear for their health, safety, and welfare," Americanattorneys wrote in the suit on behalf of Mexico. A gold plated pistol and jewelry, allegedly seized from Manuel Alquisires Garcia, alias "El Meme," sit on display during his presentation to the press of in Mexico City, Monday Sept. 12, 2011. If not, they should be left alone. Thirty-four. Scarface stars Pacino as the indelible gangster and charts his rise as a Cuban immigrant-turned-cocaine cartel captain . An admirer of Colombian crime boss Pablo Escobar places flowers on his . https://tucson.com/news/national/mexican-drug-cartels-using-grenades/article_9bafe2d8-ecf2-5925-8e85-167e066dd2e9.html. But then, he broke out the huge bag of cash. ", It was a good gig for a while. Of theguns used in crimes in Mexico and traced back to the United States, about 41% camefrom Texas, he said. Today, the two primary uses of the Barrett are "anti-material" (aka destroying enemy vehicles) and "ridiculous toy for rich people." Some are Russian, some Cuban made. 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. "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. Yet, none of that is relevant, history is often forgotten. 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. Sinaloa Cartel A Mexico-based cartel famous largely because their long-term leader, El Chapo, was recently captured and imprisoned, the dangerous Sinaloa Cartel is also notorious for its extensive ties to the Mexican federal police and military. Why havent you closed your northern border with a massive military presence to stop south bound smuggling? Century Arms Draco 7.62X39mm pistol: Another Romanian import. "It's hard to pinpoint exactly where we think a particular load (of guns) we seized was going,"Lestrange said. "I was working in a very large gun store in Phoenix at the time, and we sold everything. Yes, Mexico has some house cleaning of their own to do, but it would help a great deal if the U.S. had much tighter gun control and drug enforcement. Mexican security personnel eventually turned him over to cartel gunmen after the arrest prompted a raging gun battle with extremely heavily armed fighters, including some with American-made . If someone is breaking the law, go after them. Build the wall. It costs between $8,000 and $10,000, and it can literally put a bullet through most light tanks. Some of the reasons so many guns come from Texas: people can cross the border on land or by theRio Grande River, and"in places like Houston and San Antonio, theres a gun store on every corner, said Will Glaspy, formerly in charge of DEA's Houston Division. This made for an interesting customer service dilemma: How do you deal with a customer you know is: 1. After paying the piso and traveling throughCoahuila, Diaz still wouldhave faced a 14-hour drive south toMichoacn. 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 . 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. 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. It is also one of the weapons of choice fordrugcartels, according to theMexicangovernment, which this week filed a lawsuit in theUS District Court in Massachusetts against the company and 10 other gun manufacturers. Evening roundup with our editors' favorite stories of the day . How in the hell can any society withstand such incredible violence and not crumble? NSSF: The Firearms Industry Is Committed to Real Solutions, Todays Hot Weather Daytime Carry: Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day, State Judge Issues Order Blocking Enforcement of Illinois Firearms Ban Statewide, Federal Judge Grants Injunction Blocking Enforcement of ATFs Frame or Receiver Rule, Protecting and Serving: Springfield, IL Police Seized Homeowners Gun After Investigating Her Report of a Prowler UPDATED, https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696561255/heckler-koch-fined-4-2-million-over-assault-rifle-sales-in-mexico, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War. Since joining the Tulsa World in 1999, I have been a three-time winner of Oklahoma's top award for investigative . Diaz, who lived in Union Gap, a three-hour drive fromSeattle,tried to cross the border northwest of LaredoonInternational Bridge 2 on May 5, 2020. ATF agents say almost 100 of those weapons have turned up at cartel-related crime scenes in. We can reduce the carnage if pols have the guts to act, Eric Holder (@EricHolder) August 5, 2019, Enough-time for real action. Every once in a while, a dolt drops a gem. National Police Chief Gen. Oscar Naranjo, holds a handgun seized to Colombian drug lord and former paramilitary leader Pedro Guerrero Castillo, known as "Cuchillo" (Knife), as he speaks during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, on December 29, 2010. It makes Americas 1930s Gangster Era a minor skirmish by comparison, and it has lasted much longer too. ", Your elite government task force in action, everybody: "Guess we just gave the bad guys a buncha weapons." After his arrest, Diaz told agents with Homeland Security Investigations he was paid $5,000 upfront to smuggle "fierros," Spanish for "iron," which he understood to be guns,across the border. Why was President Biden talking about Utahs 2002 Winter Games at the White House? Majority all arms used in Mexico, where gun control laws are very strict, are bought in the U.S . Build the wall, Mexico. The article, titled, "The U.S. Must Defeat Mexico's Drug Cartels", . That leaves the military as the only ones able to battle thecartels.. Two women were killed in the crossfire when rival gangs started shooting at a popular sidewalk restaurant in Tulum. I do like tacos though. 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. It got to the point where we would give the ATF our cellphone numbers. A jury didn't believe him,convictingJose RafaelVasquez last month of attempting to smuggle goods out of the country. Moodys says these cities may see prices drop up to 10%. By Jared Olson. ", Once the purchase was completed and the "customer" left the store, " the money was counted with the cameras watching it. There must be a mistake. He pulls a paper bag out, takes out 10 grand in cash rubber-banded in thousand dollar increments.
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