Re: Drug cartel tanks! What's next?
Yes Mexico still has an Army, and they do the best they can when their politicians are the most corrupt. The Mexican marines are very hard core and very dedicated, you don't screw wih them. The other thing is Mexico doesn't have armored units like we do, so those things could cause serious trouble for them, nor do they have much in the way of anti-tank weapons.
Also, M113s are mainly made up of an aluminum type body shell. I seen a demostration one time of a civil war 6 pounder cannon fired into the side of a M113 from 80 yards and the solid shot blew through both side plus blowing all the hatches and rear ramp completely off.