Because it is impossible to buy tanks or armored cars, they make their own armored vehicles. Mexican military had found and seized several vehicles that they refer to as narcotank. While citizens and the media dubbed it "Los Monstruos", which means "The Monster".
Vehicles "war" organization is not unlike Mexico's drug war vehicles. The modified vehicle from the truck was covered with steel plates 2.5 inches thick and can withstand 50-caliber bullet. Glass is also bulletproof. Vehicle combination of three trucks are also equipped with weapons.
Mexican army announced on Sunday (06/04/2011), a routine military patrol raided a warehouse in Camargo, Tamaulipas, which borders the city of Rio Grande City, Texas, United States. From the warehouse, they found two armored dump trucks to transport the "troops".
As a combat vehicle, the ability narcotank pretty awesome. According to Mexican drug blog, armored trucks that can drive up to the speed of 96 kilometers per hour. Also can spread nail or pouring oil onto the streets to impede the opponent.
In recent times a confrontation with police officers in Mexico, drug gangs use these giant trucks, including those that occurred last month in Jalisco. Mexican Army against one narcotank. Because bullets can not penetrate a car body, the soldiers eventually opened fire on the tires.
Allegedly there are about 100 similar trucks owned by drug cartels across Mexico.
At sea was preparing Mexican drug cartels. They designed a submarine capable of sending tons of drugs through the waters and escape detection.
Last year authorities discovered a tunnel 670 meters long. The tunnel is equipped with rails and vents it to transport marijuana from a house in Tijuana, Mexico, to a warehouse in Otay Mesa, California, United States.
Last week, soldiers found a weapons and ammunition warehouse big enough in a bunker in the State of Coahuila, which borders the U.S.. Warehouse owned by a cartel that allegedly Zeta. In it was found 150 rifles, pistols, 92,000 rounds of ammunition, 4 mortars, grenade launcher and 2.
Besides fighting against the police and army, drug cartels are also competing with other cartel. Competition was extremely fierce and killed thousands of people in recent years.
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