Drug cartels in Mexico have deployed dozens of landmines of their ongoing turf warfare to manage drug trafficking routes into Texas.
Tamaulipas State Cops found landmines and IEDs planted alongside the roads connecting the cities of Rio Bravo, San Fernando and Valle Hermoso.
Report from Breitbart:
Legislation enforcement sources informed Breitbart Texas that after the preliminary discovery, authorities officers informed state troopers to not make waves and to depart the units the place they have been. Within the following days, authorities started deactivating the units they discovered; Nonetheless, dozens extra mines are believed to have been planted alongside rural roads within the area, placing native farmers in danger.
A regulation enforcement supply supplied pictures of the mines to Breitbart Texas and revealed that they’re hand-made utilizing a distant detonator that may be detonated at a sure distance from the explosives.
As Breitbart Texas reported, different drug cartels in Mexico, together with the Jalisco New Era Cartel and Carteles Unidos, manufactured explosives in clandestine factories in Jalisco and Michoacan. The elevated use of landmines and different units comes because the Mexican authorities says violence has declined. The truth is, violence continues to unfold, affecting once-peaceful areas, together with seaside resorts and vacationer facilities in central Mexico.