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EL MONSTRUO 2011: The Mexican Drug Cartel's Purpose-Built Tank
Business Insider ^
| 05/11/11
| Grace Wyler
Posted on 05/12/2011 2:49:41 PM PDT by AtlasStalled
From ultralight aircraft to homemade narco-submarines, Mexico's drug cartels have long been on the cutting edge of drug trafficking technology. But the discovery of the cartel's newest weapon - nicknamed El Monstruo 2011 - effectively puts a lid on any debate over whether the cartels are at war over their drug smuggling routes.
El Monstruo 2011 is a homemade armored tank, the latest weapons innovation from Los Zetas, one of Mexico's largest and most brutal drug trafficking organizations
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; mexico; wod; zetas
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To: AtlasStalled
How did I know it would look like a low rider?
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posted on
05/12/2011 2:53:58 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: AtlasStalled
Lowrider. Color me unimpressed.
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posted on
05/12/2011 2:55:03 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: AtlasStalled
Does it have a musical horn that plays “Va Va Vamba”?
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posted on
05/12/2011 2:57:17 PM PDT
by
forgotten man
(forgotten man)
To: AtlasStalled
Nothing a .45-70 couldn’t take care of.
To: forgotten man
no it plays shave and a haircut two bits, which in spanish translates to an obscene statement about the person they are honking at and their mother...google it
To: AtlasStalled
Drop one of those bunker busters on top of it. Problem solved. Might take out a few maggots too.
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:04:38 PM PDT
by
taillightchaser
(The last hope for America--2012)
To: AtlasStalled
El Monstruo meet Mister Hellfire missle.
El Monstruo está muerto.
To: texmexis best
Nothing a .45-70 couldn’t take care of. That, I seriously doubt.
.50 BMG, on the other hand, would probably hole that pretty nicely.
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:06:47 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: AtlasStalled
Looks like it's stuck.
To: AtlasStalled
Heh!
Who remembers The Six Million Dollar Man?
"Nee-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne....."
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:07:13 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
To: humblegunner
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:12:29 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
To: AtlasStalled
Carries twelve, no main gun: not a tank, an APC. Sheesh!
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:17:31 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: AtlasStalled
Does it have a hula doll on the dashboard?
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:19:19 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: AtlasStalled
Does it have a nodding dog on the rear window deck?
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:20:05 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: AtlasStalled
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:20:36 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: AtlasStalled
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:20:58 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
To: AtlasStalled
Nothing that 5 gallons of gasoline would not take care of,make a nice toaster oven for the cockroaches!
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:27:23 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
To: RandallFlagg
Who remembers The Six Million Dollar Man? Did he ever get adjusted for inflation? In 2010 dollars he would be the Twenty Eight Million Dollar Man. The new adjusted version even comes with a handy USB port to download and upgrade new apps.
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:47:02 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
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posted on
05/12/2011 3:48:53 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Old Cold Warrior)
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