The Sniper Rifles Flowing To Mexico
BY Herschel Smith
4 years ago
WaPo.
NOGALES, Mexico — North of the border, the .50-caliber sniper rifle is the stuff of YouTube celebrity, shown blasting through engine blocks and concrete walls. Deployed with U.S. troops to foreign wars, it is among the most destructive weapons legally available in the United States.
But every week, those rifles are trafficked across the border to Mexico, where increasingly militarized drug cartels now command arsenals that rival the weaponry of the country’s security forces. In many cases, criminals outgun police.
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“It’s irresponsible that in the United States this type of weapon is sold to anyone with minimum requirements and without any follow-up after the purchase,” said Fabián Medina, chief of staff to Mexico’s foreign minister. “What we know in Mexico is that it reaches the hands of criminal organizations, and that with these powerful weapons, they’ve shot down marine helicopters and deprived many people of their lives.”
“Follow-up after the purchase.” Get what’s happening here? Plans for the future? And take note. It isn’t the corrupt Mexican government that’s to blame, it isn’t the lack of community force protection due to gun control, but rather, U.S. “trafficking.”
But frustration on the Mexican side has grown. A decade after “Operation Fast and Furious,” in which U.S. agents allowed thousands of firearms to flow south in a botched attempt to track them, and despite $3 billion in U.S. aid to Mexico to fight narco-traffickers, the two countries have not curbed the flow of weapons.
Oh I see. Another one of these “botched operations.” The truth is more sordid, intentional weapons trafficking from the Obama/Biden administration via Holder, with an FFL being forced to cooperate, and then prosecution of that FFL to destroy his life. All for the purpose of trying to tie the U.S. to weapons in Mexico and thus push for more gun control. You mean that botched operation?
“Imagine if criminals were regularly shooting at American police with .50-cals,” Grillo said. “That would surely cause an uproar and people would look at how people are often able to buy these weapons as easily as if they are buying a pistol.”
So pistols are the problem. No, wait. AR-15s are the problem. No, wait. Bolt action Barrett .50s are the problem.
So this is how it’s going to be for the next four years. Talking points handed to the CIA’s blog, WaPo, they go to print with the next scare story, and then suddenly the Fast and Furious operation is back in gear. Or if not, soccer moms are terrified and demand more gun control.
The boogey man carries a Barrett, don’t you know.
On November 24, 2020 at 6:25 am, SGT.BAG said:
A monopoly on violence is a beautiful thing.
You have 57 shopping days left, use it wisely.
On November 24, 2020 at 8:13 am, Don Curton said:
Weren’t there lots of stories, back in the day, of the narco-terrorists raiding police and military installations and taking their weapons? Often with certain police and military personnel “assisting” by leaving the arsenal unlocked?
If I was a big time drug dealer, wouldn’t it be easier to bribe/threaten a local (Mexican equivalent of the national guard) and then simply drive in and pick up all sorts of free weapons, courtesy of the Mexican Govt? Sort of a think global, shop local type of thing.
Yes, operation Fast and Furious sent American purchased weapons south, but logical thinking suggests that is not the main source of hardware for the cartels. When you see a tactical toyota with a belt-fed machine gun mounted in the bed, I’m thinking that didn’t come from Bubba’s bait and gun shop out in Plano Tx.
On November 24, 2020 at 8:16 am, James said:
Hopefully those inclined to shop did it a good while back,the shelves are kinda empty these days.
On a side note,.50 has remained the last 7 months or so basically at the same price while all other ammo went sky high.
On November 24, 2020 at 8:21 am, Wes said:
Must’ve had it wrong all along. I thought WaPo was the FBI/DoJ’s mouthpiece and the CIA used the NYT. I must be racist – they’ve all started to look the same. Alors…
On November 24, 2020 at 8:55 am, Herschel Smith said:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-solomon/why-the-washington-posts_b_4587927.html?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006
On November 24, 2020 at 12:59 pm, JoeFour said:
Somehow this post reminded me of what a great American philosopher once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” (1) I’m not exactly sure what that means but it does seem a relevant thought given the prospects of a Biden/Harris administration being just like Obama’s … only x 10.
(1) Yogi Berra, who is alleged to have also once quipped, “I really didn’t say everything I said.” So, who knows…but I for one am sure Yogi knew what he was talking about … old guys like me will also remember that he caught a few games for NY back when rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for US Steel…and you could order guns from a Sears catalog.
On November 24, 2020 at 4:48 pm, John said:
President Trump offered to send in the US military to clean up the mess and of course
the Mexican failed state President refused. I don’t hear them griping to their Southern
neighbors about the AK’s’ RPG’s and grenades pouring into their country from the
continuous fighting down there.
On November 24, 2020 at 6:00 pm, Randolph Scott said:
Shithole county’s are run by shitheads.
On November 24, 2020 at 6:37 pm, Ned2 said:
@JoeFour
Yogi Berra “The future ain’t what it used to be.”
On November 24, 2020 at 10:24 pm, JoeFour said:
@Ned2
Yogi, referring to a once popular restaurant in NY, — “No one goes there anymore….its too crowded.”
On November 24, 2020 at 11:22 pm, Jimmy the Saint said:
See, it’s really all very simple: it’s our fault for buying the meth they produce and ship and the Colombian cocaine they ship, and it’s our fautl that they buy the guns that get shipped down there. The problem, as always, is just those evil American Ypipo.