Mexico Seizes Huge Gun Stash

[Nyckname]

Biggest haul from a drug cartel on record

November 07, 2008, 9:38 p.m.
The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army on Friday announced that it has made the largest seizure of drug-cartel weapons in Mexico's history.

The cache of 540 rifles, 165 grenades, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 14 sticks of TNT was seized on Thursday at a house in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, Mexican Assistant Attorney General Marisela Morales said.

"The seizure is the largest in the history of Mexico involving organized crime," Morales told reporters at Defense Department headquarters.

The weapons in the latest seizure belonged to the Gulf drug cartel, an official said after Morales made her statement.

Soldiers detected the cache when they chased suspects into the home after the men refused orders to stop, Morales said. Three men were detained.

It was unclear whether the raid was related to an FBI intelligence report obtained by a Texas newspaper in October that warned the Gulf cartel was stockpiling high-powered weapons in Reynosa to prepare for possible confrontations with U.S. law enforcement.

YouTube - Raw Video: Mexico's Largest Weapons Seizure

YouTube - Raw Video: Mexico's Largest Weapons Seizure

[mainetc]

Shit! could start a war with that.

[Juan Pendejo]

Fuck! You know somebody is killed for revealing the location of that cache!

[chris]

damn, that's like a Gangsters Toy's R Us

[Nyckname]

Okay, now for the silly question. Anyone see a belt fed weapon in there? I see the belt, but not the machine gun. Think someone just said "That looks cool. Gimme one of them."?

[mwt77932]

That's more weapons than most police stations have. Holy crap!!

[kellyhound]

Christ, more guns than a gunshop.