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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Major Narco Tank Workshop Discovered in Reynosa, Tamaulipas

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

The Attorney General's Office (FGR) seized 15 homemade armored trucks, and six unarmored vehicles after executing a search warrant at a warehouse in Colonia Campestre in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The property appears to have been used as storage and a workshop for creating homemade armored vehicles by Los Metros.




According to data from the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), of the 597 narco tanks seized nationwide between January 2023 and June 2025, more than half were confiscated in Tamaulipas.

The overwhelming majority of homemade armored vehicles are concentrated in Tamaulipas and MichoacĂĄn, where clashes between criminal groups frequently take place in rural, open terrain that favors the use of mobile cover and protected transport. Far fewer are seen in states where violence is more heavily concentrated in urban environments, such as Guanajuato or Baja California, where armored vehicles are less practical in densely built areas.

The seizures are so frequent in Tamaulipas that local government destroys the captured vehicles by the dozen in monthly filmed events which are later posted online. A recent video showed a number of the captured narco tanks appeared to have the same design, suggesting that they were made with the same plans by a trained team, possibly in the workshop captured here.


Sources: FGR Prensa, El Financiero, El Imparcial, FGR April

48 comments:

  1. I think the Gulf cartel possibly could be the next dominant cartel in Mexico.

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    1. Wrong the Trump cartel

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    2. I mean it is the oldest so there’s potential.

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    3. Escorpiones? Metros?

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    4. 716 There are so many independents there pushing so much weight. Incredible.

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    5. Wrong ... CJNG is and will be the powerhouse. 3 months after mencho death business as usual it's in 03 and all the rest of the CJNG heavy hittaz best interests. War costs money and attracts attention.

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    6. CDN was the third cartel with most purchasing power before CDS broke apart and mencho died.

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    7. In an alternate timeline CDG is united as one while still having Los Zetas and Familia Michoacana as armed wings. Sinaloa and CJNG wouldn’t stand a chance

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    8. 10:17 Metros

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    9. 7:16
      Those days are long gone, the landscape is different and none of the old big cartels will resurface.

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    10. PURO SURENO MICHOCANOSSS

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    11. Is it funny or no, how those government lads is right now currently arresting tampico as a method to DRAW-ATTENTION-AWAy-FROM those clearly designated government top secret crossing fields where it abduct yuppies, photographers and lgbt+ hikers/ test weaponry and/or hawking surveillances along with probably weird top secret shenanigans and then get Paris Hilton to cover it up with some fabulous new performance evening gown designer line made for the entertainers of Michigan.

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    12. 645am sureñitas can suck a pepino. In the bay area those Norteis have been wiping out and obliterating sureñas .. this is san jose san framscisco oakland and hayward Shiaaauuuuuuu

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  2. The place looks abandoned. It seems like ninety percent of the time they make big announcements on busts that are a bunch of worthless junk.

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    1. And nobody is ever there when they bust them 😂

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    2. I approve this masssage!

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    3. 134
      I approve your mother.

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  3. How can you dominate when they are spinning you by your tail like kitten?
    Then you have a break when they smash you on the sidewalk and for dessert throw you in the microwave.

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    1. If you spin them too hard you'll get smeared with poop.

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    2. 9:31 good advise,
      put a cork on it.
      And a paper clip on the prick.

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  4. Looks like a repair shop, don't see anything to suggest it was making armor or capable of doing the armor.......stupid click bait.

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    1. That giant toilet which doubles as a drug den is a "repair" shop?

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  5. La Metriza has crazy rides you can't deny that!!

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    1. 1:02 Ukrazynia, Lesbianium and Iranium have proven "Crazy Rides" are obsolete, air, sea or land.....
      Mind Over Might is still the goal, not the blokages.

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  6. đŸ™ŒđŸŒ ¡ I am not DjMariio!
    FĂștbol > soccer
    Protect media streamers đŸ™đŸŒ

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  7. đŸŒŠđŸŒ©️đŸŒȘ️
    In Baja El Niño is going to show an Amplified Storm Track throughout winter because it brings an Extended Pacific Jet Stream through the Northern Hemisphere.

    The Gulf & Caribbean Coast Hurricane seasons runs from June through the end of November, with September traditionally being the wettest and most turbulent month for states bordering the Gulf of Mexico.

    Mexico and the Baja California peninsula feature distinct rainy weather patterns that vary drastically by region, generally dividing between a summer wet season dominated by hurricanes and the North American Monsoon, and a winter rainy season in the extreme northwest.

    Hurricane & Tropical Cyclone Seasons on the Pacific Coast & Baja is from the middle-of-May through the end of November it normalizes by bringing heavy rainfall and potential coastal impacts. El Niño brings an Extended Pacific Jet Stream & Amplified Storm Track-especially from August through October.

    Preparation for inclement weather conditions should be considered prior to travel and tourism activities for the following regions:

    1. Southern and Central Mexico Cyclone seasons are from May to October.

    * The Pattern is that Southern and Central Mexico storms typically clear out rapidly, leaving the evenings and mornings cool and dry.

    * It’s Precipitation Style lets Rain generally fall in intense, brief bursts during the late afternoon or early evening, which are frequently accompanied by thunder and lightning.

    * The rainy season starts from May/June where El Niño brings an Extended Pacific Jet Stream & Amplified Storm Track broadly sweeping moisture in from both the Pacific Ocean & the Gulf of Mexico to create hot and humid conditions lasting until October.

    2. The Baja California Sur weather pattern should show an amplified Storm Track from July to October.

    * Baja California Sur shares a weather pattern similar to the American Southwest. The Extended Pacific Jetstream Pattern is going to affect the southern half of the Baja peninsula (including Cabo San Lucas). Its primary rainfall occurs from late summer into early fall, driven largely by the North American Monsoon and tropical storm hurricane activity.

    * Baja California Sur gets most of its annual rain from sudden, ad-hoc tropical weather events, usually peaking in September. While rain in this desert region is brief, these systems can occasionally bring torrential downpours and brief flooding & are going to be further amplified by the El Niño Precipitation Style.

    3. The Northwestern Baja California Winter Rain pattern and precipitation style become amplified by El Niño.

    * Northwestern Baja California Summers are generally dry and sunny.

    * The Pattern: The extreme northern part of the Baja peninsula (near the US-Mexico border, encompassing areas like Tijuana and Ensenada) features a Mediterranean climate.

    * Precipitation Style: Unlike the rest of Mexico, this region's wet season occurs during the winter months. Rain is brought in by low-pressure storm systems moving down from the North Pacific.

    whatever will the Metros do now.

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    1. What was this all about? Pretty sure mexicans know their weather and how to handle it. Its just the crazy guys up north that get a full bloen panic attack when they hear climate change.

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    2. Ey weather boy shut the fuck up with your libtard theories.. LATINOS FOR TRUMP !! Proud oaxaca native here that became a citizen of the greatest country of them all led by the honorable Donald J Trump!! If u dont like America or Trump and ramble and whine so much then move to your native countries which are all shit holes ! If not shut the fuck up and deal with the red wave .. Viva Los Estados Unidos y viva Mexico !

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    3. Welcome back incarcerated Rambler!!!

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    4. You can have Trump. Americans are sick of him. He lies like a dog.

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    5. I think that was for people getting in boats going to California Baja shores to infilterate our country. That comment should Never have been published. This site is passing valuable to coyotes information in plain muckin‘ sight. Shhame shhame shame.

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    6. Dear mister Rambler: Weather is better left for Water Boy "Climaterium", hope he really helps the Coyotes, what we mostly need is irrefutable accusations, and NAMES.
      what's hard to get to.

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  8. Go Metros. yay 🎉

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    Independence Day
    1996
    The fifth element
    1997
    John was trying to contact aliens
    2020
    The cloverfield paradox
    2018
    Eye of God
    1997
    K-Pax
    2001
    Or Anything with Kevin spacey.
    Fire in the Sky from 1993
    And that one with Sandra Bullock.
    total panty dropper.

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    1. That's Koo foo

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    2. ''That's Koo foo''
      BB of today this loser ?

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    3. 10:00 Panty poopers need to watch their step, the only weather casters needed here should do it Bare Naked News style, count me in, except if there is any chorizo involved, not by the inches, metros or the Kilometros.
      Panty droppers OK.

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    4. And you left out the greatest, 2001: A Space Odessy.

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  9. I drive down to TMPS in my King Ranch F250 often for fishing trips. Looking at the pics of the confiscated vehicles I think my truck is too flashy and nice for them to make into a MONSTROSO. Seems like they want the white or gray trucks. Mine is dark green satin metallic with that sweet two-tone tan. If any of these pendejos try and take my sweet DARLA they're in for a real fight. I'm not no skinny paisano!

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    1. 9:01 Big Ass Water Buffalo gets a pass i guess...
      thanks for lobbying.

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  10. Flyin visits to BB are getting fewer dont want the negative anti U.S shit all the time by born and bred tramps

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    1. 12:13 there is nothing more negative than poopoo fed ass kissers, ass kissing is not patriotic, no matter what Dear Leader says, matter of fack is your favorite "born and bred tramps" is not the reason your dear leader is losing his ass even in spite of goin to china to kiss Xi's ass and get his hand roughed up and No Help On Iranium.

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