:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/STNZI6RYKRAAXHMG56DU57PW3E.jpeg "This is the arsenal of the Sinaloa Cartel to fight rivals – El Financiero")
What firepower does the Sinaloa Cartel have? The trial against Genaro García Luna, in the Brooklyn Court, United States, continues to reveal details of one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.
the first witness in the trial against the former federal Public Security Secretary during the six-year term of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) was Sergio Villarreal Barragan, aka ‘El Grande’a drug trafficker and former operator of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, who testified on January 23.
In addition to stating that Genaro Garcia Luna received money from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for providing information to ‘hit’ rival cartels, ‘The big one’ —whose nickname responds to his robust complexion— offered details under arms with which the Sinaloa Cartel had then.
According to his testimony, the members of that criminal organization have state-of-the-art weapons. Even, according to ‘El Grande’, some of the weapons had a legend that said: “property of the Government of the United States”.
What kind of weapons does the Sinaloa Cartel have?
Sergio Villarreal Barragán stated that organization under the command of Ismael ‘Mayo’ Zambadahas AK-47 machine guns, some of which are gold plated. In addition to AR-15 semi-automatic rifles and grenade launchers.
But that was not all the “park” of the Sinaloa Cartel, which also had bazookas or “some kind of missilesmade in Russia or from other countries”, according to the testimony of ‘El Grande’.
The former member of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel also pointed out that there were .50 caliber rifles bought in the United States. “It is a very powerful weapon… It has a very long range and penetrates armored things… Every time we fought against our enemies who brought armored vehicles, we were able to penetrate them,” said ‘El Grande’.
When detailing the link between Genaro García Luna and organized crime, ‘El Grande’ explained that the former federal secretary provided the criminal group with surveillance equipment of “an Israeli guy” who lived in Mexico City: That way, the criminals They had “call jammers, recorders, wiretapping equipment,” which “were very advanced.” and they were constantly updated.
