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U.S. guns / weapons could not illegally go into Mexico / Latin America

By Hicbd
Wed Feb 15 2023 9:19 am

"Every year, half a million weapons enter Mexico illegally from the U.S., and many of them are military-style weapons that end up in the hands of drug cartels and other violent criminals, said Alejandro Celorio Alcántara, legal adviser of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs...Drug cartels, in particular, buy those weapons in the U.S., mostly in Texas or Arizona, and smuggle them across the border."

URL:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/stopping-toxic-flow-of-gun-traffic-from-u-s-to-mexico/
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Guns-Across-the-Border/Mike-Detty/9781620875995
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_of_firearms_into_Mexico

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Categories:
Guns U.S. / Mexico Border U.S. Department of Justice Investigative Reporting Weapons / Bombs / WMDs U.S. Department of State Mafias / Organized Crime / Drug Traffickers / Cartels Gangs / Drug Cartels Mexico U.S. National Security / Intelligence Latin / South America Border Patrols / Customs / Entry Ports

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