- The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently revealed that the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel is increasingly smuggling long-range .50-caliber sniper rifles into Mexico.
- Led by fugitive kingpin ‘El Mencho’, Jalisco has been waging a bloody turf war with rivals.
- The rifles were recently used in a failed assassination attempt on Mexico City’s Police Chief in June.
- 70% of cartel weapons seized in Mexico trace back to the US.
