Thursday, April 28, 2011

America's Third War: Is the U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels?

America's Third War: Is the U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels?
FoxNews.com ^ | April 28, 2011 | William La Jeunesse

Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 4:24:41 PM by ColdOne

If you ever watch video or look at pictures of the drug war in Mexico, you'll notice some pretty heavy weapons. This is a war being waged with rockets and plastic explosives, not pea shooters and Saturday Night Specials. Consider these incidents:


- A M26A2 fragmentation grenade used against a U.S. Consulate in Mexico in 2008
- Explosive projectiles and 21 grenades found during a raid in Guadalupe

- An unexploded grenade and pull ring used to attack a TV station in Monterrey
- Automatic weapons, including U.S.-made M16s found at a cartel crime scene in May 2009

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