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Is this the beginning of World War 3?
Government authorities Friday tweeted snapshots of a homemade tank they found while sweeping the countryside of San José de Chila, about a seven-hour drive west of Mexico City, in the state of Michoacan.
Local reports said the vehicle is believed to have belonged to the gang Los Viagras, which is run by a drugloard nicknamed “El Gordo,’’ or “the Fat One,’’ and is currently locked in a turf war with another Mexican cartel.
The drug gangs have been known to nickname their homemade armored vehicles the “Rhinoceros, “Batmobile,’’ “Monster’’ and even the “Popemobile,’’ the Mexico Daily News said.
Some of the crude tanks are heavily tricked out a la “Mad Max’’ flicks with battering rams, turrets and high-caliber weapons, the outlet said.
The vehicles also have been known to be covered with steel panels nearly an inch thick and travel at more than 68 mph while carrying up to 12 people, spewing oil slicks or nails behind them to thwart pursuers just like vehicles in a “James Bond” movie.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/06/mexican-drug-cartels-craft-armored-tanks-from-scraps-photos/
Government authorities Friday tweeted snapshots of a homemade tank they found while sweeping the countryside of San José de Chila, about a seven-hour drive west of Mexico City, in the state of Michoacan.
Local reports said the vehicle is believed to have belonged to the gang Los Viagras, which is run by a drugloard nicknamed “El Gordo,’’ or “the Fat One,’’ and is currently locked in a turf war with another Mexican cartel.
The drug gangs have been known to nickname their homemade armored vehicles the “Rhinoceros, “Batmobile,’’ “Monster’’ and even the “Popemobile,’’ the Mexico Daily News said.
Some of the crude tanks are heavily tricked out a la “Mad Max’’ flicks with battering rams, turrets and high-caliber weapons, the outlet said.
The vehicles also have been known to be covered with steel panels nearly an inch thick and travel at more than 68 mph while carrying up to 12 people, spewing oil slicks or nails behind them to thwart pursuers just like vehicles in a “James Bond” movie.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/06/mexican-drug-cartels-craft-armored-tanks-from-scraps-photos/
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