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  • Among Mexican traffickers, it has earned itself the nickname cuerno de chivo or "goat horn" because of its banana-shaped magazine.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Among Mexican traffickers, it has earned itself the nickname cuerno de chivo or "goat horn" because of its banana-shaped magazine.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • The high-powered assault rifle is the weapon of choice of the Mexican cartels, dubbed the "cuerno de chivo" or "goat horn" for its curved ammunition clip.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The high-powered assault rifle is the weapon of choice of the Mexican cartels, dubbed the "cuerno de chivo" or "goat horn" for its curved ammunition clip.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Another police official was gunned down with an AK-47 (a.k.a. cuerno de chivo) outside a restaurant in Acapulco in the company of 5 friends.

    La Profesora Abstraida 2005

  • Another police official was gunned down with an AK-47 (a.k.a. cuerno de chivo) outside a restaurant in Acapulco in the company of 5 friends.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • Several others occured at a family get-together in Sinaloa, where an AK-47 or "cuerno de chivo", and. 9mm and. 45mm pistols were involved.

    La Profesora Abstraida 2005

  • Several others occured at a family get-together in Sinaloa, where an AK-47 or "cuerno de chivo", and. 9mm and. 45mm pistols were involved.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • During the night he had crawled out in the dark to find a place in the ground among the rocks to bury the cuerno, and when it started to get light he hid himself again in the same crevice under the rock.

    Page 5 2002

  • But stopping, returning to get the cuerno, and the moment of doubt that made him think of the possibility of losing his life if he fell into the canyon, these also made him lose some important seconds.

    Page 5 2002

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