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June 06, 2011 10:55 PM

Mexico's "Narco Tanks'

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Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT)
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT) Mexico Secretariat of National Defense / MCT
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT)
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT) Mexico Secretariat of National Defense / MCT
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT)
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This burned out homemade tank was found in April 2011 near Ciudad Mier, Mexico. (Mexico Secretariat of National Defense/MCT) Mexico Secretariat of National Defense / MCT
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This vehicle with a turret was found abandoned on a rural road in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. (Jalisco Office of State Security/MCT)
Heavy armored vehicles are the latest weapon in the battle between crime gangs in Mexico. This vehicle with a turret was found abandoned on a rural road in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. (Jalisco Office of State Security/MCT) Jalisco Office of State Security / MCT
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