Police in northern Mexico seize two home-made armored cars

26/10/2020 11:31

        Police announced Sunday they have seized two home-made tank-like armored trucks and three other vehicles in the northern border town of Ciudad Camargo, across from Rio Grande City, Texas.
        
        Police in the border state of Tamaulipas said the two tank-like vehicles were like combat vehicles known in that region as "monsters,"
        
        Police distributed photos of one of the trucks covered with thick welded steel plate, complete with a firing turret on top and a ramming prow attached to the front. Such vehicles "are regularly used in confrontations in the area," state police said
        
        Officers found the vehicles in a field after noticing a man with a gun who was apparently guarding them, officials said. The suspect opened fire and then fled as police approached.