(3 Jun 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of seized weapons on display at Mexico's National Defence headquarters
2. Pan right and zoom out from ammunitions to wide of ammunitions and various guns on display
3. Mid of bow and guns
4. Mid of sniper rifle, rocket propeller and rocket grenades
5. Pan right of line of assault rifles on display
6. Close ammunition in box with label reading "Cal 7.62 x 39mm"
7. Masked soldier standing next to weapons on display
8. Close of sniper rifles
9. Close of rifle on a tripod next to grenades on display
10. Close of rifles
11. Cutaway of camera
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Edgar Luis Villegas, Mexican Army:
"Military personnel from the 8th military zone within the state of Coahuila seized a very important cache of weapons in the Sardinas area at the San Buenaventura district."
13. Tilt from bottom of masked soldier to top, standing up next to seized weapons
14. Close of rocket propelled grenades
15. Mid of assault rifle
STORYLINE
Mexican soldiers found a large buried cache of weapons, apparently stockpiled by a drug cartel, which included 154 rifles and shotguns and more than 92-thousand rounds of ammunition, the Defence Department said on Friday.
The cache included four mortar shells, two rocket-propelled grenades, dozens of assault rifles, sniper rifles and two bows.
It was found in an underground chamber at a ranch near the industrial city of Monclova in the northern state of Coahuila earlier this week, and included more than 4,600 rifle magazines, said Army General Edgar Luis Villegas.
He said the seized weapons came from "a very important cache."
Villegas said the weapons apparently belonged to the Zetas cartel, which has been fighting the Sinaloa cartel and other drug gangs for control of the border state.
The seizure suggests that, despite efforts to crack down on weapons trafficking in Mexico, drug cartels are still able to obtain enough weapons to keep stockpiles in reserve.
It was not the first such mass seizure in recent months.
In May, soldiers seized 83 assault rifles and shotguns, five grenade launchers and more than 18-thousand rounds of ammunition, as well as hand grenades and 18 pistols, following a confrontation with a 17-vehicle convoy of suspected cartel gunmen in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.
In December, soldiers in the northern state of Durango seized a cache of 84 rifles and 46 pistols.
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