Pass a domestic terrorism bill.. , Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. Obama supplied guns to mexican gangs, and were also used in Paris France terrorist attack. That leaves the military as the only ones able to battle thecartels.. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! 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. Or is it because the CA border is not a barrier to trafficking contraband? How could the ATF make selling firearms to the cartels a more pleasurable process? The M82 can easily penetrate bulletproof vests, concrete walls and even tanks, says its manufacturer Barrett Firearms. Officers foundthree rifles, eight pistols, several magazines and more than 4,700 rounds, including a bag of bullets under Vasquez's seat and more ammunition wrapped in tape and plastic and tucked inside a hidden compartment between the exterior and interior paneling. 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." 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 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. Some are Russian, some Cuban made. I'm a projects reporter, examining key education topics and other local issues. "We were being told, 'Oh, we're tracking their phones, we've got their license plates,' but it just kept happening. Drug cartels are known for heinous acts of violence and blatant disregard for law, but one more thing the outlaws are known for is their taste for the most luxurious items. Barn Brain also conveniently ignores the fact that there are gunsmiths in the U.S. and Mexico that regularly convert semi-auto American made guns to full auto as well and yes they are second hand guns not vetted that come from the U.S. Instead, the ATF lost 1,400 (or more!) 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. Today, the two primary uses of the Barrett are "anti-material" (aka destroying enemy vehicles) and "ridiculous toy for rich people." "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. We know theyre being illegally trafficked through California into Tijuana. Why Mexico Is Right to Sue U.S. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! Never heard of Obama? Cartels seek out military-grade weapons, he said: "The bigger the better.". [see the above; Israel, China, Brazil, and many other big arms makers also chip in plenty. It works the same way when gun runners from the U.S. funnel second hand guns into Mexico. None of the manufacturers, including Barrett, responded to Reuters requests for comment. I'm like, 'makes sense, he's a military kid.' One thing struck him as particularly odd: " as I'm ringing up the transaction, he has one of those little drawstring backpacks. 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. https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/. Together the men funneled nearly 340 firearms valued at almost $370,000 to Mexican drug cartels. Its compactness makes it easy to conceal and some versions can hold a 30-round magazine, made of lightweight polymer. 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. 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! The recent California shooting was done by a maniac who drove for almost 12 hours to commit crime. Maybe if the border was more of an obstacle], Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. MEXICO: Stop the flow of Immigrants going north and maybe we will do something about guns going south across the border. November 23, 2022 Contact: Phone Number: (571) 387-3831 For Immediate Release Debt Collector and Drug Distributor for Cartel Connected, Violent, Drug Distribution Ring, Sentenced to 10 years in Prison Previous slide Next slide Handgun in leather holster Plastic bag of fentanyl pills Move slider to item #1 Move slider to item #2 Mexican Drug Cartels Agree: American-Made Guns Are the Best, Mexican drug and crime cartels prefer American-made guns. Email us 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. 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. 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. Hell, our source might have sold El Chapo that very rifle. ", Well, worry not, James, because the victims were mostly-, "And it's not gonna feel any better if I hear about some village in Mexico getting wiped out.". 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. In Mexico City, the military has a museum used to train officials, diplomats, and cadets about the war on drugs. Im having a memory lapsewhich guns are made in Mexico, exactly? Yes Colt and Smith at one time made some very nice revolvers I will give them that but our rifles have been a joke for years. Known as CJNG, the billion-dollar cartel boasts of more than 5,000 members, an army larger than its key rival, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. 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? All the illegal purchases followed the same basic pattern, "They would always call, because they always wanted to know the exact amount ahead of time -- usually same day -- and make sure we had one in stock. Mexican cartels exploiting border chaos to smuggle fentanyl into US By Isabel Vincent June 10, 2022 3:53pm Updated Mexican drug cartels are taking advantage of the chaotic influx of migrants. ", Yvonne Hemsey/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Cartel forces seized a major regional capital city in broad daylight and defeated the national armed forces in open battle. weapons to Mexico. I mean all the enforcement is on the American side, very little exists on the Mexican side. And follow Robert on Twitter. In any case, "the trace itself doesn't tell you anything,"' said Lawrence Keane, general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Newtown, Conn.-based firearms industry trade group. 1 Make rioting in public while wearing a mask a felony with mandatory prison time. Army officials said they confiscated 288 assault rifles, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, numerous grenades and several .50-caliber rifles at a house in the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas. In fact these Paperwork-Americans are even more American than us evil racists! 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 . Why havent you established large numbers of military personnel inspecting every truck, train, cargo ship, private boat and aircraft entering the country? We sat down with "James," who worked at one of the gun stores the ATF ordered to sell firearms to drug cartels. That figures to 17.6 percent of the 29,000 figure for guns seized in Mexico, as given by the country's attorney general. Men claiming to speak for Mexico's most powerful drug cartel have released a video threatening to murder . If our source's store had just followed their guts and refused to sell to the most obviously sketchy buyers, the world would've been a little bit safer. "But we also know most of the violence the Mexican government is concerned about against police and against institutions is coming from CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel" run by the notorious kingpin "El Chapo,"Lestrange said. 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. Why was President Biden talking about Utahs 2002 Winter Games at the White House? The Medellin cartel surged to power in the 1980s. DEA agents say the cartel was trying to instill fear in its enemies and woo new members. Lets review recent history Genius Boy. Our source and his manager didn't call the authorities immediately -- buying a fancy gun with cash isn't illegal; otherwise, how would we have rap videos? 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. Really, these propagandists have got to get on the same page. 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. 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. Then, basic questions: Did you feel they knew what they were buying? Guns are funneled into the closest or easiest crossing into Mexico and they come from other states with lax laws. The Model 70 receivers were not even heat treated rather they were made from straight bar stock unlike the double heat treated Mausers. Did that law get repealed or expire? The government accuses gun makers and suppliers of knowingly flooding the market with firearms attractive to drug cartels. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pressed Garland regarding the opioid epidemic, highlighting that fentanyl is responsible for more deaths than guns and car accidents. In summer, a command intercepted a dozen tourists after being mistaken for members of a rival cartel. A recent report reveals 60 percent of all confiscated weapons in Mexico are seized in the three states of Tamaulipas, Guerrero, and Jalisco, with 7 out of 10 weapons confiscated coming from the United States. The majority of U.S. states allow citizens to buy .50-caliber weapons . The Democrats gave them the guns. "You put on a face, like any customer service job, and you try to build a rapport with these guys. 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. An Italian-made 9mm pistol that is a best-seller among U.S. law enforcement agencies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War. It was run by brothers Jorge Luis, Juan David, and Fabio Ochoa Vasquez; Pablo Escobar; Carlos Lehder; George Jung; and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez. Fake News. Cartel gunmen armed with AK-47s purchased in Arizona overwhelmed the police, killing eight. Accessories?". Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours.. We were a large store you meet these border patrol agents coming to pick up extra stuff. And we're on commission at the time, so all of us involved are like sweet! Here's what he told us. He pulls a paper bag out, takes out 10 grand in cash rubber-banded in thousand dollar increments. Our source and his employer had just been drawn into the ATF's latest kooky adventure. Criminal organizations operating in Tamaulipas, Guerrero, and Jalisco were the most armed in the country, at least in the last year. 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. View of cartridges and weapons from the gangsters and drug-traffickers at the Military Headquarter in Mexico City, on November 7, 2008. But, who gave the arms to the Mexican cartels? Theyre American-made guns, Sotomayor told the Union-Tribune. The drug bust was a multi-agency effort involving the. 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. Shut your pie hole Holder. American guns are ok, and many of the gun companies from the above countries have some US manufacturing. Well, crap. For our source, who did nothing but exactly what the law told him, watching the bloody aftermath of the scandal was traumatic: "Our initial thought was how many of these can be pointed across the border at our guys? It fires the same round as the AK-47 but is significantly shorter and easier to conceal. 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. 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. Houston pitmaster goes viral after hilarious TV interview, Houston is ugly, and I've never felt more at home, Astros GM Dana Brown has more praise team's top prospect, Turner: TEA is giving Houston ISD two optionsclose school or be taken over, Two ocelots were photographed crossing a road in rare South Texas sighting, Willie Nelson's new album is a lovely tribute to a fellow country legend. 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. Gunmen who left behind at least one M82riflewere seen spraying the armor-plated car ofpolicechief Omar Garcia Harfuch with high-velocity rounds. But it has expanded operations in the majority of Mexico's states. More than 40 people have been charged in the Upstate of South Carolina as part of a drug-trafficking case known as "Las Seoritas," according to Attorney General Alan Wilson . 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.]. 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. Based in northwest Mexico's Sinaloa state, the Sinaloa Cartel is widely considered to be the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, according to Insight Crime. The Insider: Reggie Yates - Episode 2: Mexican Army: War Against Powerful and Violent Drug Cartels | Crime DocumentaryThe Insider: Reggie Yates - Episode 1: . The 5,114 figure is simply wrong. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. One exhibit features weapons seized from cartel members. is on the streets after a gun battle between Mexican security forces and suspected cartel gunmen, in Villa Union, Mexico . Roger Clemens makes surprise appearance at Astros' Spring Training, Hiker captures 'once-in-a-lifetime' photo of wildlife at Brazos Bend State Park, Houston Rockets poised to reap benefits from Eric Gordon trade, Texas congressman's breaks with GOP could lead to censure, Proposed Texas bill gives tax cuts to heterosexual families only, These bites won big at the Houston rodeo's foodie awards, Heres how you can watch 'Daisy Jones and the Six', Here's what Lina Hidalgo carb-loads before a long run, Houston police ticket man for feeding homeless people. This story has been shared 100,034 times. Since joining the Tulsa World in 1999, I have been a three-time winner of Oklahoma's top award for investigative . ", 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! Investigators found several guns inside the packages, as well as in a secret compartment in the paneling. These guys aren't stupid. These agencies team withthe U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosivesto investigate the financing, transportation, and communications methods of smuggling networks. The indigenous people of Mexico do arm themselves and fight the government. Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. Latin American criminal gangs have embraced social media and messaging platforms to spread narco culture and sell drugs. *awkward shrug*, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images. U.S. agents also are helping train Mexican police on investigative techniques and evidence collection and improving intelligence sharing, Lestrange said. How about we lock up a guy who sold the cartels weapons used to kill people including Brian Terry. Guns Drive Cartel Violence in Mexico. The English actor found the good side of being bad, Bad news that cult recovery group just might be a cult. 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! 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. Given the record number of murders there last year almost 36,000 Mexicans could certainly use some self-defense tools. In 2019, a record 68 such weapons were captured. 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. "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. I hear Chinese AK-74 types a. Officials found 17 handguns in his car. Gun Companies The lawsuit over drug cartel violence could be part of a bigger change on guns. Excuse the pun, but when are you gonna pull the trigger on this? 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. https://tucson.com/news/national/mexican-drug-cartels-using-grenades/article_9bafe2d8-ecf2-5925-8e85-167e066dd2e9.html. They want the firearms only in the hands they want so that they can execute their plan. If you have a Barrett, it means that any non-special forces such as the localpoliceand the municipalpolicecannot fight you, Grandmaison said. Being monitored by the ATF, so 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. In fact, according to Newsweek, cartel criminals view American guns as status symbols because, well, they work. There is strict gun control in Mexico despite the fact that bearing arms is constitutionally protected.
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