Mexico wants an urgent investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, Mexico’s top diplomat said Monday.
Mexico’s army is finding belt-fed machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades that are not sold for civilian use in the United States.
“The (Mexican) Defense Department has warned the United States about weapons entering Mexico that are for the exclusive use of the U.S. army,” Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena said. “It is very urgent that an investigation into this be carried out.”
The Mexican army said in June that it had seized 221 fully automatic machine guns, 56 grenade launchers and a dozen rocket launchers from drug cartels since late 2018.
The military-grade U.S. weaponry — which cartels have bragged about and openly displayed on social media — poses a special challenge for Mexico’s army, which along with police and the National Guard already faces cartels operating homemade armored vehicles and bomb-dropping drones.
They’re for sale to anyone that will destabilize their government. That’s how it works.
Can’t have South America having agency or resources, amirite?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America
Elon Musk on Bolivia: “We’ll coup who we want.”
Has the CIA been giving the cartels more military equipment and weaponry again? Honestly, Mexico should build a wall, against the US government.
And make America pay for it. Wait that is already kind of happening. Has this been the plan all along?
Maybe we sold them to the cartels.
I’d bet 20 bucks its some cops in texas
I’d bet 20 bucks they buy direct from the manufacturer.
Fucking breaking bad had more ethics on weapon sales to Mexico
Somebody get Stanley Stupid on the case. I mean, you’ll have just about as much luck with him as you would our congress actually getting anything done.
We all know why this is happening. The wheels are flying off this fucking turkey. Corruption isn’t just rampant, its the norm. Anyone who doesn’t see that is blind or doesn’t want to see it.
Welcome to America, Mexico.
Love that movie
We should meme it more, it’s got something for everyone.
Doris Roberts, weed, videogames, and…
Well, mainly those three things.
Jonah hill sucking on tiddies, androids, ddr
Great movie!
Frankenstein!
Mexico can demand all they want. The State Department will do fuckall about it. Hell, the CIA will probably send more.
Either the US is selling them to the cartels or the corrupted Mexican gouvernement. I bet it is both.
My money is on the Texas local, city & state police offloading their old US military hardware for a good markup while obtaining more from the Gov.
As much as that is probably happening. Even Texas couldn’t justify giving the police rocket launchers.
DOD can’t pass an audit, hmmm wonder where it all went.
10 Lemmy bucks says
Ft. HoodFt. Cavazos is involved.it had seized 221 fully automatic machine guns, 56 grenade launchers and a dozen rocket launchers from drug cartels since late 2018
That’s all they got in 7-years?! That’s a pretty puny armory.
Yeah sure of course this is a problem too.
