Mexican police net huge weapons cache in Tijuana

AP/San Diego Union-Tribune:

Soldiers seized assault rifles, grenades, marijuana and bulletproof vests bearing police insignia after a brief shootout in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

No one was wounded in the overnight exchange of fire with three suspects hunkered down in a house in La Mesa district, army Gen. Sergio Aponte Polito told reporters Friday.

Troops seized 91 assault rifles – some with butts of gold and ivory – along with 18 grenades, the bulletproof vests and more than 880 pounds of marijuana, Aponte Polito said. The three suspects, aged 25 to 33, were arrested.

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On Tuesday, army troops fought a seven-hour gunbattle with suspects who were hiding in a house in an upscale neighborhood of Tijuana.

When soldiers finally stormed the house, one person was found dead and two others were arrested. Several assault rifles, shotguns and police uniforms were also found.

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And in the border state of Tamaulipas, soldiers arrested six police officers who allegedly received payoffs from members of the Gulf cartel, Mexico's Defense Department said in a statement.

I am not sure what it is about Mexican narco insurgents that makes them want to have flashy weapons. Adding gold and ivory to the weapons does not make them shoot better but probably does effect the balance and weight. It did not help the guys in this raid. Mexico continues to have a serious problem with the drug culture at the same time its schools are glorifying the narco terrorist and communist in Colombia. Besides corrupt police there are teachers and professors corrupt the minds of the skulls full of mush in their class rooms.

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