Now comes news that high tech has also seemingly made its way into one of the most traditional tools that cartels have used ...

South of the border, however, these "narco tanks" aren't film fantasies – they're wheeled dreadnoughts built for cartels to do battle with other cartels and the Mexican government.

The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) announced that a mechanical workshop located in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, specialized in building armored vehicles for the Sinaloa Cartel ...

Through ingenious engineering, and by taking a page out of Mad Max, various cartels created "narco tanks." These home-made armored vehicles, also known in Spanish as "monstruo" for their hulking ...