Posted on 08/03/2009 1:13:20 PM PDT by AuntB
It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico's bloody drug war tossed into a public place.
Only the grenade thrower's bumbling prevented bloodshed in a south Texas bar.....But the act was proof that one of the deadliest weapons in Mexico's drug battle is a real threat to the U.S.....
While Mexican drug violence has been spilling across the border in the form of kidnappings and killings, grenades are a particular worry because they can kill large numbers of people indiscriminately, and a weapon of choice among Mexican cartel members.
In Mexico, .... three alleged drug hit men threw several grenades into crowds of Independence Day revelers, killing eight people and wounding 106 others .....
The weapons are preferred by drug hitmen because they are cheap and easy to find. Many are left over from Central America's civil wars and sold on the black market to drug cartels. Some are brought in by weapons smugglers. Others are diverted from the region's militaries.....
And there is evidence that those grenades are making their way north..... all three grenades were manufactured at the same time and place, and were at one point together in the same batch from South Korea.
The Mexican military seized 165 grenades and 14 sticks of TNT belonging to the Gulf cartel in the November raid of a house in Reynosa, Mexico, a dozen miles south of McAllen, Texas.....
The grenades sold legally to help U.S. allies in the region are snatched by corrupt soldiers who get paid by former colleagues, then cover their tracks by altering paperwork.
Scott Stewart, a vice president for the global intelligence firm Stratfor..... said an even more daunting challenge in trying to prevent grenade smuggling into the United States is the porousness of the border.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
Gosh, I thought all the ordnance was flowing SOUTH from the U.S.?
Yep. I noticed just last week the Explv/AA section at WalMart that they were fresh out of handheld. I guess I gotta go use the gunshow loophole and pay an extra $15.00 for the non-ID purchase...
Wait?
I thought we were shipping all those ‘nades to Mexico?
What gives?
Yes, Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder said so...so it MUST be true//sarc.
Wait a minute, I thought they were getting their grenades at our gun shows!
If they come my way, I’ll be sure to turn them in.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Anyone know where we can find grenades?
Grenade fishing....what a sport. get rid of those tackles and baiting hooks. Just chuck a grenade in the pond and the fish comes to you.
Also availble..Grenade Trick or treat. Tired of those hooligans coming to your door asking for candy. Lob a grenade and watch the fun begin.
I had a friend that did that in Cambodia a few years back in a river.
I think everyone who ever known someone who fought in a war did that. One of the perks of being young and in possesion of high explosives.
No kidding.
The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Ordnance first, then the pin.
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