What were they?
Narcos dressed as soldiers.
If you spend any time in Mexico, you’ll notice the soldiers look like a rag tag band of weekend Airsoft players. Uniforms are all different, and I’ve never seen two soldiers with the same type of rifle. I’ve seen a group of soldiers with an HK G3, FAL and an M-16A1 that was so old it was SILVER from where the anodizing had worn off.
Really, I think the narcos are better uniformed and better armed.