Rapid $6m Post-Newton Sale of 5.56 Ammo Paved Way for Mexican Military Build-Up

By Robert Farago

“It started with 27 rail cars full of ammunition rolling down the tracks into Mexico,” washingtpost.com reports. “That load of 30 million bullets was soon followed by fleets of Black Hawk helicopters and thousands of Humvees: in all more than $1 billion of American military equipment sold to Mexico within the past two years.” The Post reports that the “unprecedented sales” represent a “100-fold increase from prior years.” What’s not said . . .

Is how many firearms – guns – the United States has shipped to the Mexican military and police in that time, or before. Or how many of those guns have “seeped” to the cartels, especially from the more than 100k troops who’ve defected from the military to the cartels. But at least we learn what triggered the suspiciously unspecified arms sales bonanza:

In late 2013, Mexico asked the United States if it could fill a large order of 5.56 mm ammunition, and the embassy helped deliver the trainloads of $6 million worth of bullets within 100 days, the official said.

“That case really kind of broke the ice,” he said. “They saw the responsiveness of what we could do as …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns