Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16

This was a very basic incident— a fragmentation grenade was tossed into a bar— initiated by a gang member untrained in the safety functioning of the grenade. Minimal recon was evident by the perpetrator peering in through the front door of the bar and tossing in the explosive device. Escape and evasion took place by means of running away and or hopping into a get-away vehicle. The criminal act was traced back to the perpetrator within a couple of days so basic OPSEC (operational security) procedures were not likely followed. This could be attributed to either forensics (via fingerprints or surveillance footage), eyewitness accounts of the fleeing suspect, or ‘word on the street’ from the gang members or their associates bragging about the incident at the bar. The origins of the K-75 South Korean grenade were traced back to a warehouse in Monterrey, Mexico, which contained ...

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@JTFN_US » 31 Jan '13, 2am
[link] PHOENIX — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement... [link]
@colemn430 » 29 Jan '13, 11pm
Grenade Attack in Pharr, #Texas Bar Containing Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers #tcot #amnesty #illegal [link]
@peakwriter » 29 Jan '13, 9pm
All but forgotten ...Grenade Attack in Pharr, Texas Bar Containing Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers [link]
@EmergencyNet » 29 Jan '13, 6pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 - Frag Grenades Across the border? [link]
@ElCidBarett » 29 Jan '13, 12pm
RT @CrispinBurke: Hand grenades used in Mexican drug wars--more frequent now--have been used north of the border as well. [link]
@CrispinBurke » 29 Jan '13, 12pm
Hand grenades used in Mexican drug wars--more frequent now--have been used north of the border as well. [link]
@EmergencyNet » 29 Jan '13, 3am
RT @ZFTWARNING: Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 [link]
@Mwistar » 28 Jan '13, 7pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 -grenades [link] Kenyans can relate
@Victor9098 » 28 Jan '13, 5pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 - The increasing use of grenades [Small Wars Journal] [link]
@moracchini » 28 Jan '13, 3pm
RT @smallwars: Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16: By: Robert Bunker Grenades are becoming more and more common in Mexico ... [link]
@smallwars » 28 Jan '13, 3pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16: By: Robert Bunker Grenades are becoming more and more common in Mexico ... [link]
@InfluenceGuy » 28 Jan '13, 2pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16: By: Robert Bunker Note: This important, yet mostly forgotten, incident from ... [link]
@ZFTWARNING » 29 Jan '13, 3am
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 [link]
@ric_cole » 28 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @smallwars: Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16: By: Robert Bunker Grenades are becoming more and more common in Mexico ... [link]
@BlogsofWar » 28 Jan '13, 7pm
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #16 [link]