favorite guns of drug cartels

Till then, fuck you! To lose that many military, cops, politicians and citizens murdered by gangsters is phenomenal. 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. A total of 852, 29 percent, were from Arizona. While we're busy patting ourselves on the back, you can pat too by voting here and here. In January, a Mexican judge charged. Diaz's attorney, Gregory Torres, declinedcomment. 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. 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. Body armour and load-bearing equipment were used by many cartel members, including examples marked 'Marina' (Marines) or 'Polica Estatal' (State Police). "Project Gunrunner" (at least they were honest with the name) kicked off in 2006. 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.]. Why havent you closed your northern border with a massive military presence to stop south bound smuggling? Shut your pie hole Holder. There must be a mistake. Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. 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? Now I cannot make this any more simple for you to understand. 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. 3. 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. The majority of U.S. states allow citizens to buy .50-caliber weapons, something Mexico reserves for its military. 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.". Miguel Diaz Calderon never made it out of Texas. I tend to like Belgian, Swiss, German, Austrian, and Italian guns. How U.S. The gun should not be in the hands of civilians, the official said. The indigenous people of Mexico do arm themselves and fight the government. build the wall you promised us! We know theyre being illegally trafficked through California into Tijuana. You have lost 4,020 Federal, State, and Municipal Police killed by the cartels. CJNG is based in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, in the state of Jalisco. 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. So, the ATF was like, "We'll show you! 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. 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. Whats so hard to understand about that? He didn't know much about it beside the fact that he wanted it.". *awkward shrug*, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images. 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. 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. 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. That figures to 17.6 percent of the 29,000 figure for guns seized in Mexico, as given by the country's attorney general. 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. Would they be interested in Hello Kitty grips or SpongeBob sights? Its just to easy to buy up second hand guns and ship them to Mexico. 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." Today, the two primary uses of the Barrett are "anti-material" (aka destroying enemy vehicles) and "ridiculous toy for rich people." It is not clear if Century Arms imported the Draco in that case. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents contend Vasquez told them he was headed to the city ofMatehuala, a seven-hour drive south of Laredo, Texas, in the Mexican state of San Luis Potos. They have special loopholes that allow them to form their own government or something like that. 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. Between all the illegal guns and millions in gold, jewelry and diamonds, there are armed guards on constant watch. Or is it because the CA border is not a barrier to trafficking contraband? 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. btw None of this is rocket science and all the slick lies and smoke and mirrors Barn Brain attempts to use only discredit anything else he panders to an unsuspecting right wing crowd eager to hear preaching from a Messiah to the choir of the uneducated. Top ATF officials have said in congressional testimony that 90 percent of the guns submitted for tracing by Mexican authorities are from the United States. "Operation Fast And Furious," the one you've actually heard about, launched in 2009. It depicts one cartel member dressed in a garish shirt, cowboy hat and belt buckle. I bet they have favorite beers and hand grenades, too. 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. An Italian-made 9mm pistol that is a best-seller among U.S. law enforcement agencies. 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. They want to disarm the USA as they arm who they want. In the past, Jalisco has obtained squad machine guns, .50-caliber sniper rifles and 40mm grenades and launchers. 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. 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. Even got a few border agents killed with those weapons. 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 . Never mind that the majority of the cartels armament needs are met by leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. 2. [most of his city is north of the border so that shouldnt be a surprise. And then paperwork started. 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. Pass a domestic terrorism bill. 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. 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 . , Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. They know how to pull the wool over your eyes.". Cracked is up for TWO Webby Awards, for Best Humor Site and Best Video Entertainment! Violence is rampant across Mexico. In fact these Paperwork-Americans are even more American than us evil racists! NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ioan Grillo about the illegal flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico. Hundreds of firearms on display before being destroyed at . Id gut all weapons law and send any politician that suggest a new gun law to GitMo with a mandatory minimum sentence of life. 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. 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. We were a large store you meet these border patrol agents coming to pick up extra stuff. 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.

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