Police and soldiers in Mexico have discovered a small factory used to make drone bombs, grenade launchers and fake military uniforms in a region where the Jalisco cartel and gangs have been waging turf wars.
The
facility, found late Wednesday by police and soldiers in the town of La
Huacana in the western Michoacan state, had a computer-controlled lathe
and milling machine, suggesting the operators had considerable
metalworking knowledge, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities said the factory produced bombs usually dropped by drones, as well as under-barrel, 40mm grenade launchers designed to be attached to assault rifles.
The Jalisco cartel and local gangs have been fighting in Michoacan for years, the AP reports...more
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