On guard recently were some of the 2,026 soldiers and 425 agents President Felipe Calderón of Mexico sent to Ciudad Juárez. Henry Romero/ReutersMexican Arms Race: Bigger Guns For Drug Cartels -- New York Daily News
MEXICO CITY — An escalating arms race among Mexico's drug cartels casts doubt on whether Mexico or the U.S. can stop the flow of weaponry, despite renewed vows last week from presidents of both countries.
Stockpiles captured by Mexican soldiers show that warring traffickers are now obtaining military-grade weaponry such as grenades, launchers, machine guns, mortars and anti-tank rockets.
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