For all that the Mexican government tries to blame American arms manufacturers for arming the cartels, it appears that they’re getting their weapons from a source much closer to home.
A massive security breach of the Mexican government unveiled documents from the Mexico Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena). The leaked documents, published online by a group called Guacamaya, reveal that the Mexican military has been supplying cartels with weapons.
According to the leaked documents “On May 31, 2019, the military offered operators of the criminal group (Tejupilco drug cartel) 70 fragmentation grenades at a cost of 26,000 pesos (1300.29 USD) each; the criminal cell confirmed the purchase of eight of them, which were delivered to Atlacomulco, State of Mexico.”
The document then explained that not only were cartel members offered weapons, they were given classified information by military personnel that disclosed in full detail information on armed forces mobility and operations.
Following the May 31 document was an intelligence report made on June 10 of the same year that revealed that Sedena had full knowledge of the exchange and refused to act on it
The revelation comes just weeks after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations and as millions of illegal aliens have poured across the southern border since President Joe Biden took office.
In light of the Biden administration’s inaction, some members of Texas’ congressional delegation say the time has come for Texas to declare an invasion on the southern border.
“Not only are the United Nations, the Biden Administration, and U.S. nonprofits supporting the invasion of our southern border, now the Mexican military is arming the Cartels smuggling migrants with hand grenades,” U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden told Texas Scorecard. “I fully support declaring the border crisis an invasion and closing our border with Mexico until this coordinated onslaught of migrants is under control.”
Maybe Mexico should get their own house in order before blaming American arms companies…
Tags: Border Controls, Crime, drug war, Guns, Lance Gooden, Mexican army, Mexico, Texas Scorecard
[…] Just The NewsThe Mexican government says American guns fuel criminal enterprises in its country.Its leaders filed a lawsuit against five gun dealers in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona, this week. Mexico’s lawsuit alleges that the dealers systematically participate in the arms trafficking of military-style weapons.“This court action in no way challenges the Constitutional right of U.S. citizens to bear arms, nor the right of stores to sell their products responsibly and lawfully,” Mexico said in a press release. “The lawsuit addresses a cause shared by both countries, whose citizens suffer from illicit firearms practices.”Mexico says this lawsuit makes the following arguments: “the sellers do not comply with required safeguards; cause foreseeable damage; use misleading and tendentious advertising; sell guns that are turned into automatic weapons; cause a disturbance of public order, and violate state and federal laws, causing enormous damage in Mexico.”This suit has a much better chance of succeeding than their last one. I don't know anything about the merits, but the allegations would not be covered by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. On the other hand, the allegations also remind me strongly of Fast and Furious; no legitimate FFL would be manufacturing automatic weapons for sale. Of course, it could also be the usual confusion over legal AR-15 type rifles versus military-only M-16 or M-4 rifles.Impossible to tell at this stage what's really going on.But it's not too early to say that US FFLs have nothing to do with Mexican crime. […]
Is the Biden admin being paid off by the cartels?
The Mexican government is getting the “military grade” weapons that they are (and have been for years) selling and giving to the cartels from the US government thru foreign aid programs.
It’s entirely possible that someone in the Biden Administration is, but it’s also entirely possible that weapon transfer to the Mexican government were set up in good faith early on and are now just running on autopilot.