Potheads Everywhere Weep: Mexico Destroys 134 Tons Of Marijuana (Beautiful Pictures!)

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:36 am, October 21st, 2010

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Dude, do you want to see what it looks like when 134 tons of marijuana is destroyed? It’s not cool, bro, not cool.

The enormous bust earlier this week likely cost the Sinaloa drug cartel $200 million. So what do we get out of all this? Amazing pictures from the Los Angeles Times of the ceremonial burning of the weed.

The Los Angeles Times‘ Richard Marosi reported on the burning of one…34 tons down last night in Tijuana, in what amounted to the biggest marijuana seizure in Mexican history. Military estimates put the amount of weed at 334 million joints (seriously, that was the military estimate).

It was a joyous occasion for a country hard hit by the drug war:

The Mexican military’s public incineration of seized drugs is a regular occurrence, and this one was accompanied by the usual pomp and circumstance. There was a solemn flag ceremony, salutes and speeches, and a drum and bugle corps played while lines of soldiers, like ants, passed along the marijuana bundles and tossed them into the giant pile…

After Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mugica, Baja California’s top military commander, pressed a button from the table of honor, igniting a charge under the sagging platform, flames engulfed the more than 15,000 bundles. Police, soldiers and dozens of reporters moved forward to gawk and take pictures.

And the pictures…were incredible. Mark Boster took the shots, which will likely win awards for him and the LAT.

Check out three more amazing images on the NEXT PAGE. And, you know, sorry potheads.

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Moderate

All you liberal potheads are the root cause of the outrageous murder rate in Mexico.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

http://dronetek.net/
plep

“Police, soldiers and dozens of reporters moved forward to gawk and take pictures.”

I think they were just moving downwind.
Hugo Daun

Pffft!

Nothing but schwag…no great loss.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jammin-Jesse-Buckner/100001185654606 Jammin Jesse Buckner

HA! Yup just MexiShweed! who cares. Oh and Moderate is stupid wrong.
Regans War on Drugs is the problem.
-Peace
-Love
-Out
Jackie_Treehorn

Moderate said:
All you liberal potheads are the root cause of the outrageous murder rate in Mexico.

It’s Mexican dirt weed. I’ll only do the good northern California hills stuff so suck it.
Jelperman

Moderate said:
All you liberal potheads are the root cause of the outrageous murder rate in Mexico.

No they aren’t, liberal potheads grow their own.
murphy0071

While the Republicans and their cronies have made more on drugs through the so-called “war on drugs” and are also users and suppliers (e.g., Contra drugs for money), I find it despicable that every time an issue about drugs come up conservatives call Democrats druggies. Unfortunately Democrats sit by idly while Republicans and their corporate buddies rape America.
Noe Schitt

Moderate said:
All you liberal potheads are the root cause of the outrageous murder rate in Mexico.

Says the alcoholic
FoxSpells666

Make cannabis legal
Bring back Glass-Steagall.