Mexico Says Cartels Are Obtaining US Military-Grade Machine Guns, Rocket Launchers

The Mexican government is alleging military-grade weapons are making their way from U.S. stocks into the hands of the criminal cartels, and they are calling on the United States to urgently investigate the matter. While the Mexican government has alleged many civilian-grade firearms have made their way across the U.S. southern border into the hands of criminals, the Mexican military has also reported finding weapons that are not readily available in the U.S. civilian market, such as belt-fed machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenades. “The [Mexican] Defense Department has warned the United States about weapons entering Mexico that are for the exclusive use of the U.S. army,” Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena said this week. “It is very urgent that an investigation into this be carried out.”...