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#Mexican #cartels are kitted out like military units - how did they become so well armed? “…Part of the massive flow of weaponry is the ‘#IronRiver’ – the movement of some 200,000 to 500,000 #firearms smuggled from the #US into Mexico yearly. Wholesalers of military surplus are often unaware of where the weapons they sell are ending up.
The US gun market is also hard to monitor, with tens of thousands of gun dealers across the country.’ | Metro News https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/23/mexican-cartels-kitted-like-military-units-become-well-armed-27063308/amp/
