Mexico's Rival Drug Gangs Are Now In An Arms Race

Mexican Drug gangs Building Own Tanks As War Intensifies -- McClatchy News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's rival crime gangs are in an arms race, and the latest sign of that are the homemade "Mad Max" type heavily armored vehicles they deploy to withstand fierce clashes with each other.

The army found two more "narco tanks" over the weekend in Ciudad Camargo in Tamaulipas state along the border with Texas.

In earlier discoveries in April and May, armored vehicles found by authorities contained swiveling turrets, snipers' peepholes and gadgets to dump oil and scatter tire-puncturing nails on roadways.

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My Comment: "He who has the most fire power will win" .... a motto that the Mexican drug cartels are appearing to adopt.

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