"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. And he didn't want any ammo for it or any optics for it. "We've got agents and we've got trained criminal investigators from the host government in Mexico working investigations in Mexico," he said. Mexico has very strict restrictions on weapon. American guns are ok, and many of the gun companies from the above countries have some US manufacturing. Total dead including common citizens, murdered politicians and cartel members was at 115,000 estimated for 2006 thru 2018. Called a "technical" by US military.) I mean the cartels. I would take that way further. 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. So same basic rules as slinging coffee at Starbucks, only with slightly higher stakes if somebody doesn't buy your fake smile. So Ive just one question for you. Also, follow us on Facebook, and we'll follow you forever. Its a weapon of war, added the official. A gun that can shoot through tanks is pretty useful for that. Even though CDN is a rival of CJNG, its members accept payments to allowdrugs or guns to passthrough their territory. 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. Known as "El Mencho," he commands the 5,000 member CJNG, nowas powerful as the Sinaloa Cartel but less known. Frankly, Im rather impressed you are still standing at all. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images News/Getty Images. They are still covering for the Obama administration. 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.". 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. Why doesnt it stop guns from going through their border into Mexico? He didn't know much about it beside the fact that he wanted it.". ReporterKarolSurez contributed to this story. California already has background check laws & every other useless gun control policy you fools have dreamed up. "We were being told, 'Oh, we're tracking their phones, we've got their license plates,' but it just kept happening. It is cheaper at gun outlets in the U.S. Beretta 9mm. 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. Why havent you closed your northern border with a massive military presence to stop south bound smuggling? Thirty-four. It fires 5.7X28mm cartridges, referred to as "mata policias" (cop killers) in Mexico because they can penetrate bulletproof vests. AP/Eduardo Verdugo. "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. A 9mm browning pistol has the diamond encrusted initials of LMJ. 2- Declare Antifa a domestic terror organization. not mexican. MEXICO: Stop the flow of Immigrants going north and maybe we will do something about guns going south across the border. In fact, according to Newsweek, cartel criminals view American guns as status symbols because, well, they work. Pass a domestic terrorism bill. Get the best of Cracked sent directly to your inbox! Modern optics, including AimPoint types and the distinctive Vism ECO 434 model were seen. But, who gave the arms to the Mexican cartels? These firearms couldnt possibly coming through California. American firearms power a brutal conflict that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. An admirer of Colombian crime boss Pablo Escobar places flowers on his . 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). An estimated 19% came from California, 15%from Arizona and 25% from other states. See any connections here? 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Oh. 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.]. Lets review recent history Genius Boy. 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. 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. He was badly wounded, while two bodyguards and an innocent bystander were killed. One room of the museum is dedicated to narco culture. 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. If the laws actually worked, wouldnt Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas be the easier route? 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. 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. All of the straw buyers were arrested in one fell swoop in 2011. 6 Ugly Things I Learned Selling Guns To Drug Cartels. Whats so hard to understand about that? 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. A museum in Mexico City has dozens of seized paraphilia on display. There must be a mistake. "He never saw those guns," his attorney told The Courier Journal. Mexican military forces confiscated 71 armor-piercing 50-caliber gunsin the year ending January 2020, according to the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mexico. Men claiming to speak for Mexico's most powerful drug cartel have released a video threatening to murder . No secret, everyone knew it, too. The state, about a five-hour drive west of Mexico City,is known for its production of avocados. Hell, our source might have sold El Chapo that very rifle. ", Once the purchase was completed and the "customer" left the store, " the money was counted with the cameras watching it. What Newell said quite clearly is that . How does the cartel feel about branded accessories? Officers found all of those brands, except Century Arms,in the shipments smuggled by Diaz, court records show. Some are Russian, some Cuban made. What ARE you waiting on? 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. GREENVILLE, S.C. . Since joining the Tulsa World in 1999, I have been a three-time winner of Oklahoma's top award for investigative . 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. Instead, the ATF lost 1,400 (or more!) is on the streets after a gun battle between Mexican security forces and suspected cartel gunmen, in Villa Union, Mexico . If you want to keep guns out of the country, you do not appear to be making any real effort at it. As of 2018 you have lost 395 servicemen killed and 137 missing, presumed killed by over 100,000 cartel fighters. "Their goal is the bulk purchase of maximum firepower.". 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. Even ballistic helmets were seen in use. Excuse the pun, but when are you gonna pull the trigger on this? 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? Bushmaster describes the AR-15 rifle, a civilian version of the U.S. military's standard-issue M-16, as intended "for law enforcement, security and private consumer use." You have lost 4,020 Federal, State, and Municipal Police killed by the cartels. Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours.. Im curious, did you even read your own article before posting it? 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. I came here to say this. We know theyre being illegally trafficked through California into Tijuana. [Theres no way for people to buy guns like those in California, either; they are not ban compliant], 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. Maybe if the border was more of an obstacle], Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. 12 of 29 13 of 29 Guns and munitions confiscated from alleged Mexican drug dealers . 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 "El Presidente" model is popular in Mexico because it is one of the few guns legally available there, according to the Violence Policy Center. One exhibit features weapons seized from cartel members. If Diaz had sneaked his arsenal past U.S. Customs officials, he would have had to pay a "piso," or fee, to members of the Crtel del Noreste,or CDN, which dominates this area of northern Mexico, Jonessaid. The Barrett M82 was a serious problem for security forces because its armor-piercing bullets can knock out the motors of reconnaissance vehicles and endanger helicopters, said aMexicanofficial, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Workers repair the facade of City Hall riddled with bullet holes in Villa Union, Mexico, in December 2019, after a gun battle between a heavily armed drug cartel assault group and security forces. Majority all arms used in Mexico, where gun control laws are very strict, are bought in the U.S . Havent you heard anyone who comes to the US and gets a magic piece of paper is just as American and you and I. This article would have you believe the American guns are coming from civilian sources.. one point left out of the article is that the cartels also like American hand grenades. 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. Reports suggest the Fast and Furious guns are tied to at least 69 killings. Take a look at some of the flashiest weapons you'll ever see in the slideshow above. ", 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! 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 Model 70 receivers were not even heat treated rather they were made from straight bar stock unlike the double heat treated Mausers. The gun should not be in the hands of civilians, the official said. 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. Of theguns used in crimes in Mexico and traced back to the United States, about 41% camefrom Texas, he said. 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. filed a lawsuit in theUS District Court in Massachusetts against the company and 10 other gun manufacturers. 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." Seriously, I feel your pain. btw John Boch, you said: The main character, Franklin is brilliant. 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? 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. 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 . This story has been shared 164,095 times. [see the above; Israel, China, Brazil, and many other big arms makers also chip in plenty. 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. Just look at the numbers for their drug war: 2. 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. Today, the two primary uses of the Barrett are "anti-material" (aka destroying enemy vehicles) and "ridiculous toy for rich people." 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. *awkward shrug*, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images. As far as American guns being the best. 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. In summer, a command intercepted a dozen tourists after being mistaken for members of a rival cartel. Given the record number of murders there last year almost 36,000 Mexicans could certainly use some self-defense tools. The majority of U.S. states allow citizens to buy .50-caliber weapons, something Mexico reserves for its military. And then paperwork started. 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. He expected to be paid anadditional $5,000 once the guns were delivered toMichoacn, Mexico, according to court records. Two women were killed in the crossfire when rival gangs started shooting at a popular sidewalk restaurant in Tulum. Gunmen battled on a beach near Puerto Morelos as tourists scrambled into a Hyatt . 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. They weren't tracking them well enough; everyone made it over the border. Viewers see this group of teenagers create their own drug organization. 3. Maybe, he'll see this and send a thank you card. 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. https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/law-enforcement-sources-gun-used-paris-terrorist-attacks-came-phoenix/. 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. 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. In fact, according to Newsweek, cartel criminals view American guns as status symbols because, well, they work. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. , Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. Moodys says these cities may see prices drop up to 10%. 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. 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. The cartel can trace its roots to the 1960s and '70s, when farming families entered the marijuana business. I do like tacos though. ", "The ATF said, 'Don't refuse 'em, just let 'em go. Not all of them went to prison, and none of them were cartel bigwigs. Besides, the Belgian five-seven was supposed to be the ultimate status symbol], Tijuanas Director of Public Safety, Marco Antonio Sotomayor, says most of the guns flowing into his city come from north of the border. 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. 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. 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.
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