According to the Trump administration, the cartels have hi-tech powerful weapons, including infrared guided missile launchers.
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Armed with ever more powerful, sophisticated weapons, Latin American Drug cartels have come under the keen eye of the Trump administration, which has directed the Pentagon to investigate them.
The cartels, according to a report by The Daily Wire, have acquired such hi-tech and powerful weapons that they can intimidate governments and even threaten Americans.
“The Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations seized a total of 541,000 pounds of illicit drug substances along the southern border, both at and between POEs (points of entry) in Fiscal Year 2023,” the National Immigration Forum reported. In addition, the incalculable damage done to the American populace from the drugs transported across the border has been evident for years.
Some cartels even own FGM 148 Javelin infrared-guided missile launchers. “Javelin automatically guides itself to the target after launch, allowing the gunner to take cover and avoid counterfire. Soldiers or Marines can reposition immediately after firing, or reload to engage another threat,” Lockheed Martin explains.
As an example of the power of the cartels, the Department of Justice announced that six men had been sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in purchasing high-caliber weaponry in the United States for resale to Mexican drug cartels.
“The trafficked firearms included high-caliber, armor-piercing, and anti-material weapons. For example, approximately 11 of the firearms trafficked by this organization included Barrett .50 caliber rifles, which can expel a very accurate, heavy, and fast-moving projectile that defeats all individually worn body armor, can penetrate and disable vehicles, aircraft, boats, and can even defeat some types of protection provided by armored vehicles,” the DOJ noted. “The organization also trafficked approximately 16 FN M249S rifles, which are sold in the United States as a semi-automatic weapon but are easily converted into a machine gun.”
“Steven Willoughby, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security’s counter-drone program, this week told a Senate panel that more than 300 Mexican drones typically come within 500 meters of the U.S. border each day,” NewsNation reported in late July.
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