Source: InSight Crime
29/07/2022
Mexican authorities have destroyed almost two dozen so-called “narco-tanks” in another sign of how the country’s well-financed and powerful criminal organizations are evolving.
The Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República – FGR) crushed a total of 23 armored vehicles allegedly used by organized crime groups, according to a statement released July 24. The demolition took place at an FGR compound in Reynosa, a city disputed by drug gangs in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas.
Photos released by authorities showed heavily modified pick-up trucks fitted with armored plating, bullet-proof glass, and machine gun turrets, among other military-style features. These trucks are commonly referred to as narco-tanks, or monstruos (monsters).
The Attorney General’s Office did not name the cartels to which the vehicles formerly belonged. But the logos on some bore resemblance to the Northeast Cartel (Cartel del Noreste – CDN), according to online news platform Borderland Beat. The CDN is reportedly battling other drug groups in Tamaulipas.
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