, Mexican Drug Cartels Say Americas Gunms The Best , , , , , , fck n A ,HiPoint told yah so. Diaz's attorney, Gregory Torres, declinedcomment. An admirer of Colombian crime boss Pablo Escobar places flowers on his . Build the wall. Those associatesarrange the purchase of several guns keeping them atstash houses or handing them off to transporters ingas station parking lots or other neutral locations, Lestrange said. Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and 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. Into Mexico.. Our own government is gifting military weapons to Mexico & those arms are being used by the cartels. Holder and Obama spoiled the Mexican Cartels by sending them all those quality US made weapons while they ran the show in Washington. El Mencho:Daughter of Mexican cartel boss sentenced to US prison for violation of Kingpin Act. it would help a great deal if the U.S. had much tighter gun control and drug enforcement.. LMFAO. The government accuses gun makers and suppliers of knowingly flooding the market with firearms attractive to drug cartels. When he entered office in 2006, Caldern immediately moved on the cartels. ", The cartels were smart enough to pick buyers who wouldn't instantly set off alarm bells (aka clean-cut and often white). It fires 5.7X28mm cartridges, referred to as "mata policias" (cop killers) in Mexico because they can penetrate bulletproof vests. Have a story to share with Cracked? Man, how awful am I gonna feel if one of these guys gets plugged with a weapon I sold? 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. Miguel Diaz Calderon never made it out of Texas. None of the manufacturers, including Barrett, responded to Reuters requests for comment. Officials found 17 handguns in his car. You have lost 4,020 Federal, State, and Municipal Police killed by the cartels. btw 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. Dear Mexico: clean up your own house before telling us how to take care of ours. Maybe if the border was more of an obstacle], Theres no way for people to buy guns like these in Mexico. How does the cartel feel about branded accessories? 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. Same questions. Of those murders, at least 20,005 were carried out with guns. Now, he's militarized the country. A row of glass cases are filled with seized weapons. It's a more powerful version of the Beretta popularized in James Bond novels and films. Frankly, Im rather impressed you are still standing at all. I'm like, 'makes sense, he's a military kid.' California, by contrast, accounted for 90 guns, three percent of the total. Same guys, different job. The group decries the name "assault weapon" and refers to high-powered guns as "modern sporting rifles." He sent in the federal police along with army units in an attempt to eliminate high value . And then paperwork started. Total dead including common citizens, murdered politicians and cartel members was at 115,000 estimated for 2006 thru 2018. RELATED:Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico. 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. From 2006 to 2013, the program expanded until it exploded into the stupidly named "Fast And Furious" scandal. [nearly all the guns they bother to trace through the ATFwhich is basically those with US markings on them, duh], 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. 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. Never heard of Fast and Furious? There, members oftheGulf Cartel and CJNGhave formed a partnership, Jones said. 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. We can reduce the carnage if pols have the guts to act, Eric Holder (@EricHolder) August 5, 2019, Enough-time for real action. It fires the same round as the AK-47 but is significantly shorter and easier to conceal. Latin American criminal gangs have embraced social media and messaging platforms to spread narco culture and sell drugs. ", Yvonne Hemsey/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Other than "buying the same $10,000 gun multiple times" and "paying in whale-choking bundles of cash," there was nothing particularly shady about the dudes making these straw purchases. American and Mexican law enforcement officials say nearly all of the gun violence in Mexico is fueled by the illicit import and sale of U.S. firearms. In fact, according to Newsweek, cartel criminals view American guns as status symbols because, well, they work. See any connections here? One of the most dangerous pockets of Mexico City: Teptio, the primary-black market area, under the thumb of the Union Cartel. I'm a projects reporter, examining key education topics and other local issues. 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.". I would take that way further. Why doesnt it stop guns from going through their border into Mexico? 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. The place is called La Leche and it continues to be one of Vallarta's tourist attractions. 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. California already has background check laws & every other useless gun control policy you fools have dreamed up. Theycould each face up to 10 years in prison. All Rights Reserved, Fed raises interest rates by 0.5%, the highest rise since 2000, Here are the 14 inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Insider: Reggie Yates - Episode 2: Mexican Army: War Against Powerful and Violent Drug Cartels | Crime DocumentaryThe Insider: Reggie Yates - Episode 1: . 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. Known as "El Mencho," he commands the 5,000 member CJNG, nowas powerful as the Sinaloa Cartel but less known. Of theguns used in crimes in Mexico and traced back to the United States, about 41% camefrom Texas, he said. Why wouldnt *that* be the most obvious area to apply enforcement pressure, instead of law abiding gun owners hundreds or thousands of miles away on the far side of the country? Called a "technical" by US military.) Mexico remains a cautionary preview of what might happen in America if we adopted Mexican-style gun control.. 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 not clear if Century Arms imported the Draco in that case. 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. I bet they have favorite beers and hand grenades, too. Court documents show such purchasers buying as many as 20 AK-47s at a time, paying as much as $11,000 in cash. ", Once the purchase was completed and the "customer" left the store, " the money was counted with the cameras watching it. An arrogant armed American Gringo. leaks of official weaponry bought by the Mexican military. 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. 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. 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. "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. DEA agents say the cartel was trying to instill fear in its enemies and woo new members. The M82 can easily penetrate bulletproof vests, concrete walls and even tanks, says its manufacturer Barrett Firearms. [see the above; Israel, China, Brazil, and many other big arms makers also chip in plenty. Not many, but America and Mexico arent the only countries making guns. For more insider perspectives, check out 5 Insane Things I Learned About Drugs As An Undercover Agent and 6 Ways Life In Cartel-Run Mexico Is Nothing Like You Imagine. Theyre American-made guns, Sotomayor told the Union-Tribune. ReporterKarolSurez contributed to this story. But, the ATF's "sell guns to cartels and then maybe try to catch them if we've got time" plan actually dates back to the Bush Administration. I mean all the enforcement is on the American side, very little exists on the Mexican side. As far as American guns being the best. 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. Really, who? 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. U.S. agents also are helping train Mexican police on investigative techniques and evidence collection and improving intelligence sharing, Lestrange said. "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. 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. Guns Drive Cartel Violence in Mexico. Soldiers stand guard around a presentation of arms captured in an operation against the Gulf cartel in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Distraction. The tribes in America are not allowed to do things like that, instead they have to follow 3 sets of laws, otherwise a lot of white Americans would move to the reservations for some liberty. Not with all their progressive laws. 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.