Gulf & Zetas, Arellano Felix, Folowed by Sinaloa

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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Milenio (Mexico City) 1/29/09 A report by the “PGR” (Mex. Dep’t. of Justice) about weapons trafficking in Mexico specified that the Gulf Cartel and its hired “los Zetas” killers are the organizations with the largest “criminal and violent activism.” They operate out of the northern state of Tamaulipas and also in at least seven other states.The report added that these organizations have had the largest number of firearms seized including those of special characteristics due to their versatility, firepower, penetration and fire volume. They include fragmentation grenades and also weapons capable of penetrating powerful armor. One of the handguns is known as a “cop killer.”

The war between cartels for dominion of routes toward the United States left more than 5,700 dead last year, including persons beheaded or dissolved in chemical substances inside barrels.

The second place among the cartels is the one by the Arellano Felix brothers, in Tijuana. It has also used rifles and rocket launchers.

The Pacific, or Sinaloa, cartel is third and it has also used rocket launchers and grenades.———