Arming Cartels: Inside the Mexican-American Gunrunning Networks | CBS Reports

U.S. political leaders are increasingly calling for war on Mexican cartels to combat the crises at our southern border, but an unprecedented intelligence project reveals the front lines of this battle are where we least expect. A CBS Reports investigation found that Americans have been aiding narcos by smuggling military-grade weapons out of the U.S. into Mexico, at a scale and scope previously unreported - providing the firepower cartels need to operate with impunity. Watch more CBS Reports documentaries that dive into the key issues driving the national and global conversation at cbsnews.com/cbs-reports
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[@dontmesswitme1]

You can always count on the government to create a problem then try to create a solution for it

[@miguelangeljudathserpahern3343]

But the Solution become ineficent an the problem become grow in unstopable

[@ArmandoCastillo8070]

😭😭😭😭🤣

[@daspy1017]

I hate how they just blame USA for the guns in Mexico.... cartels have connections all over the world south America middle east asia... easily they can make deals and have them shipped back to Mexico... if Mexico would protect their borders a lil. Better they wouldn't bee all that problem

[@enthusiasticamateur8516]

Sounds to me (as an outsider over here in Britain) the Mexicans are not the only people on the cartels payroll. Why else would the US not try harder to stop the guns. Some high up people in the US are being payed a lot of money to keep the flood gates open.

[@gabrielajonczyk5663]

5:18 - 7:13 the narration structure that they made up here is unbelievable - presenting imprecise information as top secret in which some superhero is responsible for operation Thor Give people popcorn!

[@martinez209]

Trust me. If they allow you to see how they're smuggling. It's on purpose. Don't be so gullable. Thats what they want you to believe.

[@LOSANGELES3]

Not everything has ulterior motives

[@mattb7626]

Boats, subs and planes. Not a few cars.

[@jr3333]

It's all just a big diversion. Besides, about half of those border patrol agents are on the payroll

[@JoseReyes-wt1ge]

Puro teatro, lo más seguro es que ahora usan barcos

[@martinez209]

@@LOSANGELES3 @LOSANGELES3 I can tell you with absolute certainty that what Im suggesting is not based on "ulterior motives" brotha. If you dont know you should look into it before you comment.

[@ronnie61b59]

My grandmother in Kansas sold guns to Pancho villa army. This is now new army soldiers needed to make money

[@One87even]

I’m sure your grandma was probably a little baby when Pancho Villa was looking for some guns

[@ernst91]

What a lie.

[@robertbolton9450]

Be alert satan devours like a roaring lion fried potatoes.

[@georgebanuelos1]

I was kidnapped by the cartel they had a barret 50 cal no scope tho but a lot of them were heavily armed

[@mosthated5391]

I was the gun this is real !

[@georgebanuelos1]

@@mosthated5391 Zacatecas Valparaiso to be exact two years ago when mz moved in and made people leave their ranch’s google it

[@danieldelrancho5749]

I remember been there with you

[@georgebanuelos1]

@@danieldelrancho5749 go along?

[@bigfishy7816]

Ok Jobama 👌👌

[@Houligans]

Lindsay Graham trying to be tough is laughable

[@pauliasidriu9959]

Troy Miller just by looking at your face the first thing that comes to mind is the word HOPELESS

[@drewski-qu3co]

It's a codependency problem, Mexico has a gun problem and the US has a drug problem, can't solve one without the other.

[@luciusaureliuscommodus6520]

Mexico wouldn’t have guns if it wasn’t for the US.

[@ChildofGodforevr]

EXACTLY!!

[@starp1640]

Yesss!

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

The government sells both

[@bobsucks9647]

The worlds had a drug problem for 10,000 years it’s not gonna change anytime soon. The black market that makes drugs worth so much money is the issue

[@ramirezvero201]

Both governments benefit from this and know exactly what is going on.

[@EstanUsandoVoodoo]

The cartels already know. They have their names back

[@EstanUsandoVoodoo]

All countries are finding out as we speak

[@EstanUsandoVoodoo]

Send everyone All resources to destroy solar activity

[@geomodelrailroader]

yup and Biden are behind this he is the one who sold the drug lords the guns remember Fast and Furious? that was Biden that scandal is his Watergate. We need to snip this in the bud we need to remove Biden from office. No Biden no guns going to Mexico.

[@franco7928]

America loves supplying weapons. Ukraine, Mexico, Middle East, you name it....

[@danielmota1095]

America likes to blow things up!! but that tactic hasn't been working lately.

[@robertherrera5975]

Don't forget Israel.

[@geraldarnoult]

And who are the real benefactors?, U.S. contractors and the U.S. military industrial complex, so who is really getting the aid from the American tax payers?

[@Tommyteeofficial]

You can’t just buy a mini gun online 😂

[@paulwatson4616]

They lie, he made it sound like it will be delivered to your door. Media is our biggest problem.

[@mitchelltriplett7974]

But this "news reporter" put one in his cart 😂 this level of stupidity and bad journalism would be hilarious, if people weren't stupid enough to believe this crap. Want to stop grenades and machine guns from crossing the border, get the US gov to stop selling it to them.

[@ianlarsen9353]

You sound new to the Internet. Visit the dark web and you'd be embarrassed.

[@mitchelltriplett7974]

@ianlarsen9353 the only place you're getting a mini gun from is the gov. Unlike body parts and exotic endangered animals, mini guns aren't easily obtained.

[@discodiffusioner]

dark web, everything is on there. unfortunately. plenty of videos on here showing it all

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

@11:40 Seems they just happened to forget to mention that you MUST go through a background check before you are allowed to pickup the gun you purchased online. Firearms are NOT shipped to your door.. They are shipped to a gun store/ FFL dealer where you will fill out a background check and if you don’t pass the BG check you don’t get the gun you purchased… fact

[@paladin556]

And if you fail the background check, many times the police show up. I've seen it happen.

[@nunya8701]

Not if you know where to look. As long as your package doesn't break open in the mail they don't check and you can easily buy guns online.

[@rustyshackleford7353]

​@@nunya8701that then get shipped to the ffl they dont ship to your door lol

[@chaimlevin125]

@@nunya8701They won’t ship to anyone but an FFL and if they do that is already illegal so no law would stop that.

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

​@@nunya8701That's on the dark web and black market to order it online unless it's black powder.

[@rickmartin5081]

Seriously you’re just now acknowledging this, this is been going on for decades, drugs, north guns south duh

[@danielmoron1504]

Guns and money and now good weed lol

[@Dougo666]

Good weed from Mexico I don't think so that's dirt weed go to a dispencery if you want good weed theirs has other things sprinkled on it to get you hooked when weed is non addictive

[@chrisburns143]

@@Dougo666your not that smart. The comment was regarding good weed going into Mexico. Not Mexican weed coming north goofy.

[@JLBHabs]

@@Dougo666 ya goof

[@BostonsF1nest]

Operation fast and furious

[@Damuthafuccka]

This is something that the American government created, what did they expect was going to happen?

[@richlopez5896]

Mexico's government are who keep protecting the cartels who pay them monthly

[@HolyRickstar]

They armed the cartels themselves actually, they wanted them to gain power so they can justify using Military force against them. But we know the reason they caused the instability in Mexico to the point where Military intervention is needed is because of the lithium Mexico has , they have alot and its very useful for future technology since the world is moving towards smart city. It's what they been doing in africa for decades and now Mexico and South America is once again the target. Oh they'll take care of the cartels using extremely brutal force believe me but they definitely will be benefitting greatly from the raw materials Mexico has such as lithium.

[@Holyoke413]

Man you ain't lying would like them put out a video from the beginning

[@Damuthafuccka]

Rite!

[@assassinmanx6128]

They knew. They just don’t care. Everything any corrupt organization does knows what the effects will be. Which is why they do it lol.

[@MooreInteresting]

This video is a joke. Don't even mention Operation Fast and Furious. Acting like you can just buy class 3 weapons with no issue. 😂😂

[@paulstoeckle7873]

The fact that we're not having a more serious conversation about failed drug policies in this country is beyond me.

[@Lousy_Bastard]

The Governments run the trade why would they want their cash cow stopped, so many making money from it.

[@Hairy.Whodini]

The fact that we're not having a more serious conversation about failed gun policies in this country is beyond me.

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

Legalize drugs then the cartel won't profit as much.

[@Flako92]

Because the people in power are the ones responsible for the trafficking, they can't blame someone else yet.

[@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502]

We don't seem to have serious conversations about ALOT of issues in this country... Its beyond disturbing... The fact that I expect a school shooting every year now is just the "new normal"

[@donsal.t.1765]

Lmao I love how the interviewer portrais the cartel liutenant as a man that is just protecting his land and his business interest and himself. As if they are not terrorizing the Mexican citizens and tourists. He asks him if he fears for his life as the cartel business is an honest business and the US just wants to come after him for no reason. The cartel liutenant says he is only defending himself and leaves out he probably just ordered to have a teen dismembered for whatever reason.

[@felipeangeles4194]

There's no one who believe in capitalism more than drug cartels do. By definition, their business is the most savage way of doing business in the entire world, not stopping at anything, and by any means necessary to make profits from their product. Racketeering, extortion, corruption, fraud, bribery, threats, violence anything goes......

[@briansanchez6699]

How did he do that? Seems to me that the cartel lieutenant did that himself.

[@trayblea393]

He literally led the response with a question.

[@WhereYoHeadAt17]

So you missed the whole part how the US is arming Mexico? Amazing how all you took from it is blaming someone else

[@alamsucksemirisbetter2329]

They don’t terrorize tourist bruh wdym

[@keithblakely9356]

I sure as hell know that mini gun wasn’t bought at a gun store, no one with a class 3 license would sell it under the table

[@AztecDread]

No their house get "burglarized "😂

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

​@@AztecDreadand the firearm is insured they get paid out the insurance money.

[@Chulitatr]

The US border state governors refuse to inspect all out going shipments going to Mexico, which enables drug/gun cartels. The Republican's are the biggest arms and drug dealers to the cartels, look at the Iran Contra Affair, and Manuel Noriega. (See VICE DOCUMENTARY AND NATIONAL GEO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HOW THE US ENABLLES DRUG/GUN CARTELS.)

[@MrRolyat98]

Right. And I’m sure ATF wouldn’t investigate. And someone losing such a weapon wouldn’t be “fishy”. The ATF is cancelling FFLs for typos, don’t tell me this isn’t investigated.

[@TisiphonesShadow]

@@AztecDread Nope, in most cases guns like that are actually stolen from the Mexican military and police. Or sold by them.

[@johnviscedo]

They didn’t even mention operation fast and furious. Also I can bet you those websites where they “buy” them from can be traced to Langley, Virginia 😂

[@chrisburns143]

Why would Mexican cartels purchase semi auto weapons from America ??? You do realize how easy it is to get a shipment of military grade goods shipped to a port in Mexico. Not to mention the Mexican military/ police forces selling weapons to cartels.

[@roaner4313]

90% of the guns are coming from America. Have you been living under a rock?

[@jamesmitch9792]

that happened a long time ago. and it was mostly a republican HOAX

[@esdeozzy]

Guatemalan military, Russian and Chinese made as well. They don’t need our semi auto pea shooters

[@Ed17908]

@@chrisburns143 To date, data underlying Mexico's dramatic pronouncements - that as much as 90 percent of all guns recovered on Mexican soil originated in the U.S.; that as many as 597,000 weapons “slip” over the border each year.

[@josediaz9384]

Drug trafficking will never stop until the unstoppable hunger for drugs stops 1st

[@nomoneyglobal]

There actually is a ton of accountability, of course there is going to be when your intelligence apparatus is directly involved in narcotics trafficking. Guns going back the other way is just another cog in the wheel, sometimes 3 letter agencies are directly involved in the gun running too, Operation Fast and Furious, Iran Contra, etc. proved that.

[@tellmemore8837]

Absolutely true, otherwise this trade wouldn't exist.

[@Chulitatr]

The US border state governors refuse to inspect all out going shipments going to Mexico, which enables drug/gun cartels. The Republican's are the biggest arms and drug dealers to the cartels, look at the Iran Contra Affair, and Manuel Noriega. (See VICE DOCUMENTARY AND NATIONAL GEO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HOW THE US ENABLLES DRUG/GUN CARTELS.)

[@JohnnyAlspaugh]

This is all 100% true

[@annemarie1507]

Conservatives whine and whine about the drugs crossing the border and whine and whine against any attempt to regulate guns, failing to realize that the lax US gun laws, thanks to them, are empowering the cartels that send those drugs across the border.

[@kwondeville]

Man saying the truth. Eric Holder is a criminal.

[@GalacticSpectre9]

Reminds me of operation fast and furious, where they gave them thousands of guns and lost track of them

[@discodiffusioner]

Yeah, whats really scary is that they ship thousands of guns *per day* on average. The Fast and the Furious was nothing. A missing day of guns. No one lost any sleep over it.

[@ernst91]

That was like 15 years ago.

[@imsolost7886]

Lol at the I can just order whatever online. Your whole story is about citizens that legally by firearms trafficking them. I can buy 50 guns online and every single one has to be shipped to an FFL where I’ll have to perform a background check to receive them.

[@TisiphonesShadow]

Buying several guns in a month gets you flagged by BATFE.

[@maximilian200057]

If someone buys more than one gun in a month, the FFL who is responsible for your background check must inform the ATF of all the guns being bought.

[@Bobjenner1787]

That guy comparing Mexico to Afghanistan, Iraq, and vietnam saying it would make those 3 countries look like a tea party is such a bad comparison…

[@balalaika991]

Plus nobody on the right ever said they wanted to invade Mexico, that part was completely made up to create more internal division

[@SteppesoftheLevant]

i think mexico would be like afghanistan since its geography is the same. northern mexico could be like iraq and southern mexico could be like vietnam

[@balalaika991]

@@SteppesoftheLevant nobody ever suggested invading mexico

[@Bobjenner1787]

I think Mexico is just like Mexico...if it was like Iraq and Afghanistan there wouldn't be so many American and Canadian tourists in Cancun and Tulum LOL however north Mexico is something else but still wouldn't say Afghanistan like...@@SteppesoftheLevant

[@SteppesoftheLevant]

@@balalaika991 i waa talking about the geographical similarities

[@Box545x39]

Can't even buy a rifle in Washington State as a law abiding citizen and the cartels get all the good stuff, rip.

[@luciusaureliuscommodus6520]

Lol

[@AztecDread]

You can't buy a gun legally in Mexico either...

[@generalfranco9399]

​@@AztecDreadYes you can. It's not easy but you can 100% buy firearms as a private citizen.

[@a_soldierz_genetics]

Really? I live in Texas. So I’m not very knowledgeable on gun laws in other states

[@Box545x39]

Yea, WA State governor is a complete traitor to the country and banned all semi auto rifles, for now. @@a_soldierz_genetics

[@dockmasterted]

The many criminals in the government should all be in prison for life!

[@jtjones4081]

That retired ATF agent is FOS as usual. He claims he originated the idea of large scale gun seizures but that's been attempted for decades and what "Fast and Furious" was all about. Why are cops such egomaniacal liars?

[@potatheadd]

"arming the enemy"

[@MelvinMolden6898]

Gun factories and organized politics industries in the U.S Making Zillions OF $$$ selling weapons all over the planet "legal or ILLEGAL!!! $$🤬👹😈$$

[@Californiansurfer]

United States of America gun industry best customer Cartels..

[@zeropointenergy777]

Yup

[@emmanuelmendez609]

Nunca va a detenerse por que la CIA y la DEA son los mayores revendedores .

[@djkike323]

Es lo ke esta gente no sabe. Ellos disfrasan la noticia..

[@alamsucksemirisbetter2329]

Deja de ver Netflix hijo 😂

[@leonelmojica1874]

Military grade does NOT mean that it’s the best thing!

[@Dude_Ronin]

It's just another buzzword. I'm prior service army and we never called anything military grade. It's either good equipment or bad equipment

[@brentkinsworthy4999]

Remember the military grade fords? No? Not surprising. They didn't last long😂😅

[@leonelmojica1874]

Go Navy! Beat army! Lol. Currently serving in the navy. I hear you brother.

[@clicheguevara5282]

Yeah, my BCM AR 15 is WAY better quality than a standard issue military M4.

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

Palmetto State Armory is technically military grade.

[@themojowojo1626]

Just an FYI if you want to buy an M134 Minigun, it’s around $100k and you need to be a federally licensed dealer with an SOT. Your average American isn’t buying those and they are extremely regulated. The ATF will audit you and your in inventory if you have one. Yes you can start the purchase Process online but there is a lot more that goes on that they won’t show you.

[@moctezumaaleg2008]

Yeah i have heard from sources that know that claim they have had US military members sell them weapons so I mean but yeah not your average USA person.

[@maximilian200057]

You can literally buy a M134 parts kit for $60,000 without needing to go through a background check. All you would need is the proper tooling to reassemble it.

[@marcspencer800]

@@maximilian200057well with the proper machining and tooling you can make anything 😂

[@marcspencer800]

@@moctezumaaleg2008there is no way anyone in the military is selling mini guns without the government knowing about it.. 😂 wtf you talking about

[@moctezumaaleg2008]

@@marcspencer800 never said anything about the government not knowing.

[@Tianshanwarrior]

Mexico must build a wall and Trumper will pay for it 😂

[@seanhovan7426]

Mexico has mass Graves. When America starts getting mass Graves let me know

[@mikusoxlongius]

Biden is building the wall as we speak.

[@sailorsg4444]

USA doesn't need to go to Mexico, their fight is in their own territory, but, they have used to bleme others for their own sins, so they like to go somewhere else to engage in war, so others have to pay. Since they are the consumers demanding drogs the fight is with themselves, is an internal problem, people are looking for a better future, better life, better conditions, they are looking for a life that makes sense, something that fullfil their soul, they are looking for hope in this difficult and uncertain times , instead their government rises taxes, house market is at the sky, medical care system is not sufficient , and pushing policies that are tearing down the family with their stupid ideology agendas, supporting war overseas that only have brought poverty to the hard working class. They rather want to scape from reality or died from using pain killers or drugs or whatever. Before you go out to blame others like is used to do always, stop it right there, and star fixing up things in your own house, in your yard, and your communities. It seems to me like a kind of evil has gone into your home and is tearing down all of your wealth, your culture, your people from inside. Stop the wokenness and start fixing personally every single one of you. Stop blaming others for your flaws and get accountability of your doing. Get to the driver side of your life and go for your future today.

[@surfer-uy5ys]

Long essays tut

[@Kiss__Kiss]

IF it involves $$$$ ?? Everyone wants a piece of that pie, unfortunately. Which means, everyone is willing to turn a blind eye.

[@SIX6VI.Underworld]

HAHAHa the world has been marked by the beast once humans know about the power it holds that’s all they will ever chase

[@SIX6VI.Underworld]

Humanity is filled with devils just look at the world and everything we do

[@mattmorrison9379]

FAST AND FURIOUS , and im not talking about a Vin Diesel movie. Smh

[@spaceforceog]

12:00 is very misleading. Must have the right licenses to be able to purchase NFA items

[@maximilian200057]

It's not an NFA item if it's a parts kit. As long as you have the necessary tooling and knowledge, you can rebuild a machine gun parts kit into a functional machine gun, and you can buy them online and have them delivered to your door without ever having to go through a background check.

[@liberty2four2]

​@@maximilian200057but no average Americans will spend that kind of money for parts. 20k to 60k for some Americans are a year salary. And even if u got those parts then you will still need a equipments to build it. The way they presented here is just like ordering pizza from Dominos which is misleading

[@ronthorn3]

@@liberty2four2the point is it’s possible.

[@marcspencer800]

@@maximilian200057what kind of tooling are you referring to?? Hell with the proper tools and equipment someone could build an intercontinental missile 😂

[@maximilian200057]

@@marcspencer800 Basic metalworking equipment. In the current year, it's going to cost you a few thousands of dollars to buy everything you need to build machine guns out of machine gun parts kits, but in the future, this price will go down by an order of magnitude, and we will have affordable miniature CNC machines that can machine hardened steel that will be able to be bought for just a few hundred dollars, eliminating the need for parts kits in the first place, unless you just really want an original classic machine gun.

[@ChiTownGuerrilla]

11:51 😂 Absolutely wild how they try and trick people.... You have to have the gun sent to a gun store or FFL holder that does the background check before you can buy it. You can't just order a gun to your house like they make it seem, unless it's a private seller I believe.

[@craig8638]

Gun shows, private sellers etc.

[@TacticalTerry]

Same state private sales generally do not need mandatory FFL intervention. Across-state sales do need the firearm shipped to an FFL and the background check performed.

[@siliconvalet]

Can you believe what they did to Hunter just for buying a gun while high? SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED right?

[@BHarris25]

@@siliconvalet enforce current gun laws. How hard is that for you to understand.

[@TacticalTerry]

@@siliconvalet This feels like bait, but yes I can believe that Hunter has been charged with this. He is accused of breaking a law, so the legal system is sorting him through the normal channels. In Africa, every 60 seconds one minute passes.

[@commonsense504]

Former AG Holder is personally familiar with this topic. Maybe he should be on to shed some light into Obama's Fast and Furious for your viewers.

[@jackcorn4020]

😂😂😂💀

[@xcaret-ns3pb]

👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏

[@sycospart10]

If anything he should be in prison or Mexican government should arrest him

[@jamesviceroyslaughterbully1469]

FBI DEA the real public 3n3my , human trafficking organization as well

[@jamesmitch9792]

that was a HOAX

[@vegasranger]

Thats a lie. All guns bought online have to be sent and picked up at an FFL dealer where a background check is done.

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Yeah, no surprise they forgot to mention that part when purchasing firearms online… You either go through the background check process or no firearm. Fact…

[@mmatrainee]

There is more to buying a gun online then just "adding it your cart". Most dummies aren't going to think that is the end of the story, not realizing he never actually took delivery of a gun....

[@scubasteve7293]

Yep, it must be shipped to an FFL, who must enforce all required background checks and waiting periods, but in this case, they didn't even take the time to find a site with actual firearms for sale. He's on a scam website. Look at his screen @11:50. He's on a website that only accepts non-refundable payment methods (e.g., Zelle, Crypto). This is a hallmark of scam sites that don't actually have product to sell and are just attempting to lure in naïve consumers. Great job, CBS!

[@JCP58]

😢

[@jtjones4081]

Amazing how seemingly absolutely incompetent law enforcement is. Decades and decades of this and they didn't know???

[@frankyhonnolus5528]

@@scubasteve7293What are you saying. It’s not easy to buy guns in the US and deliver to cartels in Mexico? The broker said it was muy facil. WTF is wrong with people here lol

[@LostNspace-jn1ds]

😂 I know right I was like wait a second is he really not gonna not finish that sentence?!?! He’s just gonna leave it at it’s in my cart wow it’s just that simple lmao I wish it was that simple!! 😂

[@vegasranger]

Hmmmm why isn't the Mexican government doing something about it??? Why is this a US problem? Maybe the Mexican Customs should search vehicles coming into their country. They must not be worried about it. This is a Mexico problem. They can solve their own problems.

[@James-oo7bv]

Operation Fast and Furious.

[@gabrielacrit876]

Excellent investigation! As a Mexican, I am deeply frustrated with my government. I also acknowledge that there are entities that seem almost impossible to fight. Here, the power of the cartles combined with corruption and impunity, in the US, and fueling everything, the arm industry and the lousy efforts to control gun access. Thank you!

[@raleightstevenson8619]

Nuestro gobierno no tiene culpa de la adicción en otro país. No nos pongas en el problema, pues los gringos consumen la droga y venden las armas

[@bigfishy7816]

Your more than welcome 🙏🏻👍 More to come 🥰🥰

[@el_deplorablede_tejas1394]

Yes both governments are corrupt. America isn't the only source of firearms. But the Government and MEDIA want you to believe that so THEY can make money.

[@REALTV30]

The government works with the cartel 😂😂 how u think they bring the drugz in

[@soto9679]

Your citizens need to armed up as the military and federal police ain’t gonna help y’all due of the corruption and with the crappy gun control laws that is 100% useless that doesn’t help to save lives from the drug war. Y’all folks better off forming a militia that cares about the people safety than letting the corrupt government letting the cartels killing y’all

[@rockerdude8000]

The atf will not continue a project thor but they go after pistol brace.

[@2aJAYYY]

Not him acting like gun broker ships gun to you’re house😂😂 they make it seem easy but even using gun broker you have to go to a shop that you sent it too and do state + federal background checks

[@juanchapa1752]

True FFL Tax Stamp all that but the point is it can be purchased taken to Mexico double your $ and it will never be traced back to you.

[@2aJAYYY]

@@juanchapa1752 ur not wrong but eventually it might, the truth ALWAYS shows

[@discodiffusioner]

@@2aJAYYYsure, but the cartels literally showed us that's what they do. random people who have no history get bags of free money to hand over guns they bought. all over the country using different people all the time. its crazy

[@Unequalibrium]

@@discodiffusioner No, our government is handing over the guns to cartels. Not citizens

[@vegtheman]

With so much Intel it will be easy for USA to find them all.

[@chrispbmw8732]

CIA 😜

[@mrtee3477]

CIA need dirty money to fund dirty wars.

[@kingmaafa120]

Go to the Bronx nyc

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

It's funny how the guns are brought over the Mexican border so easily but the Northern border with Canada is much more stricter.

[@donald2665]

The Mexican Cartels (and others also) have for the past two and a half years been smuggling in Glock Switches by the tens of thousands from from China, and tens of thousands have been smuggled further into the USA along with the fentanyl that is causing 100K of Deaths among American Youth Yearly. Close to half the Cartel Firearms are smuggled into Mexico from Foreign Sources in Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia, and for the past two and a half years many thousands of these so called "Ghost Guns" have been smuggled INTO the US across the open USA Southern Biden Border, along with the Glock Switches, and routed to Cartel distribution networks across the US where they figure often in the many gang related incidents of Human Violence "in the hood" and else where where gangs operate. This smuggling of Foreign sourced weapons and Glock Switches into the USA will only increase as the Criminal market pays for the Cartels. It is a problem that is reported on, but extremely little, as the illusion must be kept up by the MSM Media and the Biden Administration that the Border is secure, and that ALL the issues with Human Violence are the fault of Law Abiding US Firearms Owners, and the 2nd Amendment, US Gun Stores, and so forth.

[@rolbar5723]

You could start by making it illegal to transport a weapon out of the country. Illegal here in this country.

[@brentkinsworthy4999]

Biden doesn't want to enforce the border laws that are currently on the books! Once you realize it's not about security for Americans, it all starts making sense.

[@donald2665]

The Cartels and for that matter real Criminals in the USA (smugglers, murders, thieves) actually do not follow either Laws or ATF edicts whether Mexican Laws or US Laws. About half the weapons the Cartels have smuggled in and are smuggling in are sourced from Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia. There is a quite robust arms trade in the Middle East and with the present Proxy War Crusade of Biden and the CIA against Russia weapons are flooding in and out of Eastern Europe. At minimum 10 percent of the M16 and other military grade firearms that the Cartels use are taken from the Mexican Military and with the exception of some German H&K .308 Infantry Rifles contract sold to the Mexican Government decades ago, the rest of that 10% minimum are Contract M-16's supplied by the US Government to the Mexican Government and then taken by the Cartels thru corruption. It is likely that many of the M-16's or AR-15's on the display in the opening scenes of this video were contract US Government Rifles supplied to the Mexican Army and obtained by the Cartels thru corruption from Mexican Army Arsenals. Then for the purposes of anti-Firearm Propaganda in the USA, where Biden and his ATF, FBI, and DOJ are waging a Cold War against the 2nd Amendment and the entire Bill of Rights, the US Media falls in line with the Administration to call for all manner of Bans, and new laws to strip away rights and Freedoms of US Citizens.

[@dhpitcher]

Does anyone remember Fast and Furious?

[@__-fl3yt]

Not the gringos. They think is the movie.

[@Review-This]

What about fast and furious when our own Government covers up inside deals with then cartel?

[@Hobbiest34243]

What CBS forgets to tell you when you order a Barrett .50cal ONLINE you have to have your local gun dealer arrange to have his firearms license given to the seller and you HAVE TO do a background check done at the receiving dealer. It’s not a buy and ship to your door! It is illegal!

[@potatheadd]

When you order a barret your 🐾 ND ng an illegal democrat war there fixed it

[@discodiffusioner]

I think they explained it pretty well that they're using people like you and me who are average people with no history whatsoever. Those people then go on to mule the weapons to someone else. Unless Barrett is putting tracking devices in all their guns, tracking serial numbers, and checking up on everyones purchases every month - those guns are being exported. If someone came to you offering a few million to buy a $20k gun, to hang onto it for a while, then eventually let it go, you would probably think about it.

[@Hobbiest34243]

@@discodiffusioner I don’t disagree with your point on the Barrett. The issue is creating a narrative not tell you everything creating emotions to change the way people think of laws. Emotion=irrational actions without thinking things thru. This reporter is intentionally leaving processes out and if you have never done the process you would never know and take the man for his word that he’s reporting the facts and only the facts. But that’s not how it’s done today to buy online. The days of Walter Cronkite telling you just the news without personal bias and tugging on heart strings is over. Today it is about interjecting on how they see fit to report the news and spin narratives to fit their agenda. The reality of it is no one gives a damn about cross checking and calling them out when they are just saying only what needs to be said and not reporting the entire facts. Big news agencies know this and expect to feed you a big emotion burger that you will swallow and like it. This is what media corporations crave and that’s view ship control and that is a form of power over the masses.

[@blokcomNativeFaces]

@@Hobbiest34243 Exactly. These progressive takes on issues are see-thru, that is once a person understands their agenda and propaganda.

[@maximilian200057]

You can also buy machine gun parts kits and make your own nonregistered machine guns if you have the proper tooling. You don't even need to go through a background check to buy machine gun parts kits.

[@Agent-cu5pv]

For every illegal migrant that crosses the US border illegally, a gun magically crosses into Mexico illegally.....lol.

[@CallmeBotakaOrc]

Then keep them coming, you’ll go broke soon enough. slava bandera

[@panama_juan]

Are you suggesting that illegal immigrants a running these guns to Mexico? I don't understand the logic.

[@machsimillian14]

​@@panama_juanthe poster doesn't understand it either

[@footballorsoccer2903]

*if they (cartels) can smuggle 2000 guns in one day, i think they already have enough to fight for long time without needing new guns*

[@luciusaureliuscommodus6520]

Agreed but they probably sell those same weapons to central and southern gangs and cartels. In a way Mexican cartels benefit a lot being the person between the US and the rest of Latin America.

[@northwestgaming4049]

Shooting those cinder block wall was a little miss leading. Reinforced walls take rebar and cement but thats ok most people wouldnt know right

[@granitejeepc3651]

try that with old 30 30 lever and same result.....people want the sensational cartoons not the facts

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

Black tip AP will still shoot through all that.

[@TisiphonesShadow]

LYING is what CBS does best.

[@manictiger]

​@@GiuseppeSimonetti No. You really shouldn't comment on ballistics science if you don't know what you're talking about. Anything that isn't a 50bmg or bigger, isn't going through a concrete wall with rebar. Our concrete is not the slop they use in Afghanistan. US concrete laughs at small arms fire, especially if it's wet-cured.

[@bonniemessner8149]

We as a country ultimately have to deal with what is driving our insane demand and consumption in the USA. Its been out of hand for the last three decades.

[@mariocasarez3896]

Bonnie for US Congress!

[@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502]

Legalize all drugs and tax them... Much better than what we're doing now

[@vegasranger]

Unfortunately drug abuse and the war on drugs is a cash cow. A lot of money being made by the elite and politicians. It will never go away.

[@breno843]

@@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502 just say to people "control drugs and tax them" instead of "legalize them" i garantee you, your point is going to be morte understandable for people who are closeminded to this idea, i fully belive hard drugs should be legal, but with a good amount of control in the business, where you put some conditions to the buyer, specific places to buy, needing to have some kind of user license where you need to talk to a doctor from time to time to be able to buy hard drugs, harm reduction classes, no publicity, health warnings, even in a model like this there would be still contraband, but less powerfull and drug culture would change a lot in a decade with a model like this, and i am sure would change for the better, with other kinds of drugs, other models, more like tobacco, anyway, i see people just puting legalization idea out there like this, and you are using the wrong words to talk to other minds.

[@thrisbt1]

@@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502 the illegal operators will still compete with licensed production as long as that means of supply functions within a for-profit framework - so the cartels will continue to make money and buy weapons

[@YukonBloamie]

Can we stop acting like this isn't a policy decision? Drug prohibition moves the sector from medical risk mitigation to armed violence. Literally, this is what the data says worldwide with these policies.

[@YukonBloamie]

5:37 He's literally saying it's a policy problem

[@everythingisfine9988]

​@@YukonBloamieHe's referring to the government, the majority of the news agencies and the general public. You be surprised how many people do not care that the war on drugs that's been waging for decades hasn't worked. And people won't care until the gangsters are shooting up their wealthy neighborhoods.

[@joehopper3720]

Sad how many fail to see/acknowledge this.

[@americanhotspur]

Super deceptive about the purchasing process first off that M2 is in the semi-automatic format, so you can't just right tight and down and let it rip. Unless they have really high quality machinists which I'm sure they might have a few even so they dimension and head space and timing need to be perfect so that gun doesn't malfunction or blowback. Also you still need to go through a dealer and have a background check.

[@maximilian200057]

CJNG definitely have the professionals needed to build machine guns from parts kits and make select fire conversions to existing firearms.

[@slappy8941]

I love how CBS blatantly lies about how easy it is to buy a gun, and everybody acts like the US government isn't behind arming the cartels in the first place.

[@TheFifthWallz]

Gotta fill out the same paperwork and it’s much more than a 4473 for an nfa especially a machine. Y’all do know that fully-semi-auto is not auto right? Keep fighting the criminals not coming after civilians

[@TacticalTerry]

This is an anti-gun hit piece used to soften the public to more gun bans

[@TheFifthWallz]

12:00 perfect online paper trail to lock up criminals. That’s one way the alphabet keeps us all safe… it’s all tracked Maybe going after braces was not so helpful to the citizenry 🤷‍♂️

[@chilIychilI]

I like the _CJNG_ they hooked me and the homeboys up with Durango Hellcats relatively cheap. Them Sina'LOWa's had nice F150 Raptors but they were mostly high milage & lower trim level's. Plus they want over retail for them, well over US retail, for Mexican pickups with 7.62 holes in 'em & no guarantee delivery date... 👎🧔🏻 🏴

[@walterpreston9663]

It’s can be stop but too many of us keep “Whistling Thru the Graveyard”

[@seanberthiaume6909]

I praise God I don't live in a border state!There's a coupe Mexican restraunts here in small town Ripley,WV that employ Spanish but they have work permits and farm through the summer and go back to Mexico for winter.....

[@One87even]

Whats that mean!

[@frankruiz3151]

Operation Fast &Furious.

[@drewski-qu3co]

At least 2 stores Mexico sell guns Mexico city and Guadalajara...but they have gun laws in Mexico.

[@mary-jvazquez6306]

Yes, the law is sell to the criminals, not to the good citizens

[@adriancancino3745]

Just so you know these cartels do not pay 5 grand for crossing guns or drugs, they take advantage of the people crossing there stuff. You don’t really get paid till like 3 or 4 runs after. And half the time it’s from 500-1000 dollars that you get paid. And your lucky if you get that

[@AztecDread]

Keep telling yourself that 😂

[@Windowguy252]

I made 8k a head crossing people over crossed 27 n never did it after got too hot but still know the spot

[@nightfighter7452]

​@@Windowguy252sick

[@mybeaglesmellslikefritos]

​@erickmendoza3480 your really gonna use your full name ?

[@AztecDread]

@@Windowguy252 yea don't use your name my Grandpa did 8 years in the Feds when he was in his 70s because he said he admitted to doing it one time even though he was a coyote since the 50s

[@mmatrainee]

Looks like the ATF should stop focusing on law abiding US citizens, there are other areas that should be focused.

[@juliocastro9492]

Thank the cia

[@zeropointenergy777]

Well good to see someone knows the truth. The OSS & CIA recruited/saved some interesting individuals from Germany, didn’t they?

[@masolotech]

THE USA IS QUICK TO POINT THEIR FINGERS ON OTHER COUNTRY ISSUES, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE AND INCAPABLE TO SORT OUT THEIR OWN MESS AT HOME‼ USA⁉ USA⁉ iT'S DISGRACEFUL‼

[@stewart8127]

Rights are giving by God everyone on earth has the right to be armed. This is all bs.

[@neal.karn-jones]

Thinking there is a god is also bs. We all have rights granted by and guaranteed by each other.

[@stewart8127]

@@neal.karn-jones that's not what the constitution says. It says under God

[@neal.karn-jones]

Yes, but the reality is your fellow humans granted you these rights and it is those humans that will protect those rights. Not some imaginary person in the sky.@@stewart8127

[@hyphydan]

500,000 Venezuelans just got granted TPS, millions more on the way. Its time to stop thinking of the USA as a "European" society. The USA is now a Central American Country, its Guatemala #2.

[@DanH-u3f]

Extradite the American smugglers to Mexico to face justice there.

[@ordinaryname8567]

They’d be in heaven make even more connections will be out in 1/4 of the time in the US even better a bribe.

[@jamesyoung4545]

This report left out one key factor, ordering a gun online request it to be shipped to an FFL dealer, and prior to pickup must be background checked going thorough the FBI NICS check before being released, and any full automatic weapon requires a Form 4 and $200.00 tax stamp as well as background check. Please when doing a news report please be truthful in reporting and report the who process as to who actually dropped the ball.

[@mattgraver3604]

Good luck fighting this without violating the rights of law abiding citizens

[@johnrangel2226]

Exactly!

[@pelasion5099]

What kind of a response is that? Is that a taunt directed at people trying to fix this problem? The ease of buying guns in the USA is without a shadow of a doubt the source of this problem.

[@jeffmisch1485]

Why does a "law biding citizen' need a AR? I'm just asking because it makes zero sense to me.

[@mattgraver3604]

@jeffmisch1485 Home defence, sports and recreation, what's not to understand?

[@pelasion5099]

@@mattgraver3604 Even if we allow the same types of guns to remain on the market, is it so bad to make sure only "good guys" are able to buy those guns? I really hope you agree how important that is

[@samanthasimental3788]

There is too much money in guns and drugs for the governments of either country to put a stop to it.

[@torethyen3893]

Prohibition is the main reason for the cartels wealth and existence.

[@mattgraver3604]

Legalizing narcotics and heavy regulations would collapse the drug trade

[@strayedarticle2838]

Prohibition is the reason we have dangerous drugs like fentanyl and crystal meth. There are plenty of safer alternatives, but even the alternatives could land you in prison for decades.

[@AztecDread]

​@@mattgraver3604no it would legalize it, just like cannabis dealers. All drug companies would still be ran by cartel members

[@jr3333]

The U.S. government is the main reason. They're the ones that allow them to "work" in the US

[@itsajungle22]

They’ve diversified. Not just drugs anymore.

[@sum5926]

The .50 cal. purchase was total BS you can't buy a gun from anywhere in the US and have it delivered to your door if you're not an FFL...I was actually enjoying this doc until the propaganda started..👎

[@dajr9018]

This a hit piece for the 2 amendment

[@balalaika991]

Completely blatant and obvious second amendment hit piece. 18:25 they literally just blamed all cartel violence on American guns

[@generalfranco9399]

It always is

[@inku2015]

THE ORANGE MAN TRIED TO TELL YOU

[@verax370]

Adds a 20k machine to his cart and says thats it! Flat out lies. You need a class 3 license to buy that. Not only that but you have to show proof that you have that gun at any given time. Thats if you are even allowed to get the class 3 license. And the mini gun, thats a whole different level of firepower. You cant just click a button and buy these guns. No matter what gun you buy online, it MUST physically go through the certified, licensed dealer and can only be shipped to another dealer. That dealer must do a background check. Doesnt matter if its a .22 pistol or an actual machine gun. Also, if you find an actual machine gun for 20k, thats a deal. This is straight propaganda. Interesting that project thor was shut down under the new administration and dude said all the funds stopped. So trumps govt was funding these agencies that were stopping the guns. Bidens govt shut off the funding.

[@unk8371]

Eric Holder armed Cartels.

[@fluxcapacitor1621]

The NRA and GOP arm cartels.

[@hydemom811]

THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IS THE CARTELS 😂🤣😂

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Surprised CBS doesn't consider this "offensive" and "racist."

[@dianahill5116]

All religious organizations should be required to pay: federal, state, County and property taxes. They should be required to do bookkeeping. ____ Religion is a means and ways of money laundering.

[@benitosalazar3749]

@@dianahill5116 Yeah, exactly like Climate Change and every Democrat PAC in existence.

[@jmn6174]

@@dianahill5116 Trump 2024!!

[@dianahill5116]

@@jmn6174 January 6, 2021 was equivalent to September 11, 2001. January 6, 2021 was an attack against America. An attack against America's democracy. An attack against the American government.

[@dianahill5116]

@@jmn6174 Law enforcement is seeking information as to the person(s) who placed bombs in Washington DC, on January 5, 2021.

[@jessekendall4658]

Does first dude with the mask not realize its 2023 and even with a covid mask there is technology that can scan iris scan/facial recognition ect. FBI and other 3 letter groups have this.

[@mikeaguero2875]

Mexico should serious give it's citizens the same right we have here the second amendment constitutionally 🇺🇲🥊🇲🇽 maybe that'll help

[@realityforever2585]

Ridiculous.

[@dans8978]

informative documentary..unfortunately, China, Russia, North Korea ,Iran would step in to fill the void..

[@johntempleton3560]

finally.... excellent reporting by CBS

[@SimpleThoughts-kc6gh]

Only law abiding civilians are effected by laws. Here’s the PROOF! If they’re Banned in the USA only the criminals in the USA will have them also. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING EVERYONE WHAT BANNING FIREARMS DOES TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM THE MOST.

[@K_Z_R]

Let’s take it one step further…you KNOW that cartels donate to politicians who lobby to keep guns easily accessible. Hold every last one accountable. 😡

[@Jarzula]

Yeah, let’s hurt the law abiding citizens when the problem is bigger than that. Even if they got rid of the 2nd amendment, the government would still be selling guns. You sound like a politician, trying to abolish something that protects civilians from being over ran from Cartels. Cartels are actually scared of Americans because most have a gun in there Holme. Hell, someone asked another country if they would invade and they said no because if they get past the military, they would have to deal with civilians

[@elfm2717]

Guns should only be used for three things...1 for protection of life,family and property. 2 hunting of dangerous and or delicious Animals and 3 and most important to keep the king of England out of your face.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

11:36 You only need 20k and a tax stamp and a background check conducted by the ATF. This report is highly misleading.

[@nikoclesceri2267]

Are we talking about the time the ATF gave a bunch of guns to the Mexican cartels to track them and then lost track of them. essentially arming the cartels with tax payer's dollars.

[@PayyouToosdy-yf7bm]

AMERICAS BIGGEST PROBLEM WELL KNOWN BY OUR (T O P) OFFICIALS..!! WHEN WILL WE CONTACT OUR SENATORS..ETC.. SENATOR KENNEDY I HOPE YOU READ THIS.. YOUR ONE OF THE ONLY SENATORS I TOTALLY TRUST !!!

[@danielbautista9211]

This report is a joke. Low level criminals smuggling. Cartels gets weapons by the truck loads- 18 wheelers.

[@BJOLDSCHOOL71]

I think Americans love their guns more than they love their family or your family!!

[@PurpleMcNuggets]

Drug addict love supplying the money to buy said guns. Weird how that works.

[@h.hamidS.]

Tidak perlu hairan jika senjata US ada di Mexico... Tempat terlalu dekat & kerja yang mudah bagi penyeludup. Hairan lah kepada senjata US yang digunakan oleh KKB Papua di Indonesia.. Jauh untuk seludup tapi sampai & selamat digunakan untuk melawan pemerintah Indonesia.😂😂

[@frankiefreshh]

Republican hypocrisy

[@PredatoryPrey]

“They’re smuggling in high grade military weapons.” Proceeds to show a Hipoint 9mm carbine. Lmfao 😂😂😂😂

[@alamsucksemirisbetter2329]

Right😂