By “El Huaso” for Borderland Beat
Government forces arrested two men in San Marcos, Guerrero in possession of a large quantity of tactical gear, including balistic plates, plate carriers, and firearms on December 9th.
A photograph of the seizure shows the two captured men standing in front of 74 plate carrier vests, 40 ballistic plates, and nine firearms. The tactical gear is neatly packaged, suggesting it may have just arrived, and was being stored at a weapons cache for a criminal group.
While firearms in Mexico are mostly trafficked south from the United States, tactical gear such as those captured here are unrestricted for purchase in Mexico, and can be sourced from online retailers such as MercadoLibre.
Ballistic plates and other tactical gear can be easily purchased online in Mexico.
The cache was located in San Marcos, a small town around 20 kilometers inland off the southern coast of Guerrero state, a region known as la Costa Chica. This region is used by criminals to receive cocaine shipments from south America. Much of this is focused in the Port of Acapulco, according to InSight Crime.
