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How a factory city in Wisconsin fed military-grade weapons to a Mexican cartel
Reuters ^ | 12/9/23 | Sarah Kinosian

Posted on 02/25/2025 12:36:07 AM PST by srmanuel

The article does push gun control but is eye opening none the less. Large numbers of Barrett .50 Cal rifles are being legally purchased in the US and shipped to Mexico to be used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Additionally, recent allegation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel indicate that 4 US Special Forces Soldiers, 1 Green Beret/Delta Force Operator, 2 US Navy Seals and a Ranger from 75th Ranger Regiment. The point that is interesting to me is this one particular cartel has professional military people running their operations who have all received special forces training in the US.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; cartel; jngc; mexico; wisconsin
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1 posted on 02/25/2025 12:36:07 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

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2 posted on 02/25/2025 2:00:34 AM PST by Liz
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To: srmanuel
My Lord this is difficult to read...

Additionally, recent allegation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel indicate that 4 US Special Forces Soldiers, 1 Green Beret/Delta Force Operator, 2 US Navy Seals and a Ranger from 75th Ranger Regiment.

Indicate what? What did they do? I know second graders who could write better copy than this.

3 posted on 02/25/2025 2:09:01 AM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: srmanuel

Shouldn’t be surprising given that there are a lot of retired special forces vets and there are always going to be a certain percentage of bad apples, some of whom were booted out early or later for that reason.


4 posted on 02/25/2025 2:29:57 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: rarestia

I think even AI could write better.

Gwjack


5 posted on 02/25/2025 2:30:31 AM PST by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: srmanuel

The local gun shop had a Barrett a while back. The price tag was over $11k.


6 posted on 02/25/2025 2:36:34 AM PST by ComputerGuy ( )
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To: srmanuel
The traffickers in Racine and two connected cells in other locations bought more than $600,000 of high-end military-style firearms in under a year

How many illicit Barretts will $600K buy? Not many.

Think about it. A Barrett M82 will cost ~$10K out the door.

How much resale premium is required to make it worth smuggling thousands of miles into Mexico?

At a delivered price of $50K each, that's 12 rifles.

7 posted on 02/25/2025 2:36:57 AM PST by fso301
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Drop in a bucket for cartel money…. Serious hardware being transferred to bad actors to be used against us.

Yet we alphabet agencies raiding parents homes for getting angry at their local school board leftists….


8 posted on 02/25/2025 2:41:12 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: rarestia

Looks like a Venezuelan journalist:

https://skinosian.com/about


9 posted on 02/25/2025 2:43:55 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: srmanuel

Very poorly written article. Long sentences leaving a person wondering just exactly what was said. Must be some AI crap or written by some kid freshly pushed through journo school.

Reuters usually writes their propaganda so its an easy read, for those that can stomach it.


10 posted on 02/25/2025 2:58:39 AM PST by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: redfreedom

In reply to my own comment, my mistake. It appears srmanuel’s narrative is what’s poorly written, very poorly written. The Reuters article is an easy read.


11 posted on 02/25/2025 3:01:59 AM PST by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: srmanuel

I’m surprised that at this point the cartels haven’t just purchased the tooling to start making their own weaponry outright.


12 posted on 02/25/2025 3:19:27 AM PST by Antihero101607
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To: rarestia

My thoughts exactly..piss poor unintelligible writing.


13 posted on 02/25/2025 3:56:54 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Her Clients

The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Vice, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, BBC, Pacific Standard, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post


14 posted on 02/25/2025 4:11:19 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: sauropod

review


15 posted on 02/25/2025 4:20:13 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: rarestia

Right! Incomplete sentence from a supposed journalist?


16 posted on 02/25/2025 4:23:55 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: srmanuel

Need to air-tag a few and send a Hellfire chaser.


17 posted on 02/25/2025 4:27:09 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: Texas Fossil

All of which should have editors.


18 posted on 02/25/2025 4:48:49 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: rarestia

Probably cleaning toilets or mixing chemicals that make up Fentanyl


19 posted on 02/25/2025 4:53:21 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel

BTTT


20 posted on 02/25/2025 4:53:22 AM PST by nopardons
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