Cartel members seize seven million rounds of ammunition destined for U.S.

[HCM]

That load would just about fit in a 53' dry van. Not sure why they'd need a "convoy".. I didn't run all the numbers, but they may have just barely needed a second truck.

added on edit... yeah, that would be two trucks.

Mexico is not the USA.

Two trucks plus security escort vehicles, a scout and a chase car if they’re doing it right.

[TheNewbie]

Mexico is not the USA.

Two trucks plus security escort vehicles, a scout and a chase car if they’re doing it right.

Just got back from the real deal Mexico yesterday. It’s certainly not the USA. In some good ways, in some bad, in some funny and in some scary.


Saw a couple of bodyguards at a “fancy” restaurant in DF. They were dressed business casual, but one had some kind of knock off serpa style holster sticking out from under his vest, and the other guy had some kind of chest pack on. A pack that sort of looked normal but also not so normal, especially when combined with the dude with a gun.


Guess they could be cops, maybe PDI?, but they didn’t look like most cops I’ve seen in Mexico. Not even the more professional ones.


I’m surprised missing ammo isn’t more common in Mexico. Very surprised.


Also, kudos to the Guardia Nacional officer carrying the P-09.

[HCM]

Just got back from the real deal Mexico yesterday. It’s certainly not the USA. In some good ways, in some bad, in some funny and in some scary.


Saw a couple of bodyguards at a “fancy” restaurant in DF. They were dressed business casual, but one had some kind of knock off serpa style holster sticking out from under his vest, and the other guy had some kind of chest pack on. A pack that sort of looked normal but also not so normal, especially when combined with the dude with a gun.


Guess they could be cops, maybe PDI?, but they didn’t look like most cops I’ve seen in Mexico. Not even the more professional ones.


I’m surprised missing ammo isn’t more common in Mexico. Very surprised.


Also, kudos to the Guardia Nacional officer carrying the P-09.

I'm sure you know you don't leave town or travel by highway at night and even in daylight highways in the middle of nowhere are not "safe" if you have something worth targeting.

Normally getting black or gray market ammo from the USA is easier than getting guns.

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Normally getting black or gray market ammo from the USA is easier than getting guns.

So…is there a website or a street corner?…asking for a friend

[TheNewbie]

I'm sure you know you don't leave town or travel by highway at night and even in daylight highways in the middle of nowhere are not "safe" if you have something worth targeting.

Normally getting black or gray market ammo from the USA is easier than getting guns.

Roger that! It’s a piece of advice you can’t hear too often.

Stopped at a couple of roadside restrooms. In Mexico, you don’t generally find the traditional travel stop like you do in the US. If you’re not paying to use the restroom, it’s almost guaranteed to be nasty, even by the standards there. If you are paying, then you get no guarantee.


One place felt safe, one not so safe. I think I feel most unsafe when I’m in Estado de Mexico.


Iztapalapa I’ll visit in the day, not so much at night.


There are a few islands of tranquility in Mexico, but they could change at a moments notice.


In your dealings, have you found law enforcement in Mexico to really care about fighting crime and protecting their communities? What about the state cops?


For all the 3rd Gen S&W fans, they are alive and well in the police forces in Mexico City.

[5pins]

Mexico is not the USA.

Two trucks plus security escort vehicles, a scout and a chase car if they’re doing it right.

Apparently they weren't.

[Borderland]

Everything went wrong, or maybe right, depending on who you are. Loading dock guy have a cell phone. Probably.