Mexican Cartels May Have Acquired Javelin Anti-tank Missiles To Confront The Authorities.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

The powerful arsenal already in the hands of Mexican criminal groups was added to, in recent years, a powerful portable missile used to destroy tanks and attack aircraft, according to a report by USA Today.

Testimonials obtained by journalist Steve Fisher state that at least two cartels would have in their possession copies of the FGM-148 Javelin, an artifact designed in 1989 by companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to equip the United States Army and Marines.

A Mexican federal security officer, who agreed to speak with the reporter anonymously, revealed that the authorities had confiscated two Javelin missiles from a cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on undisclosed dates and locations.

In addition to this, Fisher interviewed in Sinaloa a suspected hitman, who requested to be referred to as ‘El Flaco’, who is currently in charge of training other members of organized crime to use these types of military devices.

‘El Flaco’ initially received training to use shoulder-launched missiles, including the Javelin, during special operations, but now he would instruct his comrades.

One of his apprentices, according to the text from USA Today, would have been responsible for the helicopter crash in which Porfirio Sánchez Mendoza, head of the State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE) of Aguascalientes, and four other people were traveling on November 17, 2022.

That day, the SSPE’s Eagle 1 aircraft crashed in the municipality of Jesús María due to alleged mechanical failures, according to the first official reports released.

However, documents from the forensic investigation consulted by David Saucedo, security specialist, and consultant, cited by Steve Fisher, reveal that an explosive projectile hit the helicopter’s door and caused it to crash.

The analysis states that the crash is inconsistent with what would have been caused by a technical failure and that the shrapnel residue on the aircraft only corresponded to one type of missile: the FMG-148 Javelin.

‘El Flaco’ clarified in his interview with Steve Fisher that he knows the person who shot at the official helicopter and even mentioned that he had trained them.

According to ‘ El Flaco’s testimony, one of the reasons why criminal groups would have decided to acquire this type of arsenal is that rival organizations would have started to build increasingly resistant armored vehicles. In this sense, weapons like Barrett rifles, with a caliber of 50, would no longer be enough for their confrontations.

In contrast to the statements above, Steve Fisher points out that US security officials denied that Mexican cartels have this type of weaponry in their hands.

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