Posted on 06/06/2011 3:15:02 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
The Mexican Army announced Sunday night the results of a raid at a warehouse that was being used as a makeshift machine shop by cartel members to build armored assault vehicles.
The raid took place Saturday in the Prolongación Gonzalez area in the city of Camargo, across from Rio Grande City, during a routine patrol where a military convoy came across the warehouse, according to a news release from the Mexican Army.
As a result of the raid, the Mexican military seized two dump trucks that had been heavily armored and modified to carry a squad of gunmen. The two trucks were painted black.
The military also seized two other dump trucks, 23 tractor-trailers, four backhoes, two trailers, seven load-bearing attachments for trailers, seven towing platforms, one tractor and some ammunition and magazines.
The military didn’t report any confrontations or arrests.
The military didn’t state which criminal organization the heavily armored trucks belonged to, but in other parts of Mexico, armed forces have found similar designs belonging to the Zetas, who typically call the vehicles “Monsters.”
The Monsters have been used by the Zetas in a number of firefights — both against their rivals, the Gulf Cartel, and the Mexican military. The heavily armored vehicles vary in design, ranging from modified Ford F-350’s to large tractor-trailers — all armored in makeshift shops and painted black.
In one firefight last year, in rural northern Tamaulipas, the Gulf Cartel defeated a squad of Zetas who were using Monsters and — after the fight — spray-painted insults on them. Those Monsters were later found by authorities.
Kilroy was here?
Mad Max, coming soon to a border near you.
That is a pretty darn scary looking vehicle.
Countdown to pix of the Deathmobile from Animal House ...
I would give it a different paint job and a muscial horn that plays “Va va vamba.”
What Mexico needs is another revolution. They need another Idalgo(priest with cojones) to bring on the bell tolls of war against the evil that is wrecking that nation.
Why not?
I live around the corner from Universal Studios Hollywood. I go there about once every few months and there sits the Deathmobile. I have the pics on my other computer and will try to remember to post pics in situ.
What is surprising is how small it is.
I think I just saw that movie on Netflix.
I thought it was built on a Lincoln Continental chassis.
‘Mad Max’ taking place before our very eyes, and right next door. How long until it comes here?
how long before they get real tanks or mount a cannon /H M G on these things I wonder
APC ping!
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Monster Mack
>>I thought it was built on a Lincoln Continental chassis.<<
It sounds big until up place a big barrel on it.
Trust me, in person it is not that large — not nearly as large as you think of it.
Ah, the Rachael Corrie model.
“Rachaelita es me corizon”
Caution, treads can become clogged
with human remains after 100 miles.
No, that’s the American model from years ago in Granby Co, when a guy went on a rampage and leveled part of the town.
How long before they blame american gun owners, or american custom truck builders?
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