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Mexican cartels boast of increased lethal firepower, including some weapons from the U.S. (www.usatoday.com)

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[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago

“Some”

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I wonder why a well-regulated militia is losing so many weapons.

[-] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I noticed the same thing..

Edit: I bet the 95% of cartels weapons are from the US not just "some".

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I am fairly certain the day is coming when we find out that a U.S. arms manufacturer has a direct deal with Mexican cartels.

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago

I know. We have too many guns and nobody can keep track of them to the point they end up with foreign paramilitary organizations. So let's build even more guns

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

The profits look the same no matter where they end up. 💵💵💵

[-] ProIsh@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Where else would they get them?

[-] danhab99@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

Guys how often do you think the US sells guns to terrorists to try to gain some intel about them?

[-] Glemek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Doesn't quite fit that exact archetype, but the Iran-Contra Affair is sortof in that same genre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

How often do they totally fuck that plan up?

At least once.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

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