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At 1:14 a.m., the convoy was ambushed in an orchestrated, full-scale firefight—an event described as the first known clash between American biker organizations and Mexican cartels. With as many as 40 Angels and over 200 cartel enforcers involved, the combat was brutal, employing suppressive fire, grenades, and tactics akin to battlefield warfare. The Angels’ attackers used NATO-standard rifle fire, military-grade explosives, and coordinated flanking maneuvers, resulting in a bloodbath that left the trucks burned, bodies strewn across the sands, and the desert echoing with the sounds of a war no one openly admitted had occurred.