ASSESSMENTS

Mexico: The Cartels Adopt Improvised Incendiary Devices

Jul 16, 2008 | 21:13 GMT

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Summary

Three cars in Culiacan, Mexico, were destroyed July 14. Evidence indicates butane canisters were rigged to create an incendiary device. The development suggests the cartels have adopted a weapon rarely used in Mexico's drug wars.

Evidence indicating suspected drug traffickers used butane canisters to detonate a car suggests the cartels have adopted improvised incendiary devices in their increasingly brutal struggles....

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