One way to help that film's ailing budget. I suppose it's the rightful remedy, considering much of the negative press about Mexico is already propaganda to keep the slaves in El Norte from running to freedom.
Yet another way the USG is making shit more expensive.
BONUS:Ma Bell sez you can now pay to not get deep packet inspected (by them). Sounds like a scam, since someone else would just be doing it through their backdoor then.
Mind you, this is to take out on average less than $20k of weapons and vehicles. Quite the pyrrhic victory -- at this price, only the anti-tank strikes are cost-effective.