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In this Oct. 16, 2019 photo spent bullet casings litter the site where a convoy of Michoacan state police were ambushed and slaughtered by Jalisco cartel gunmen, in El Aguaje, Mexico. On Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 thirteen state police officers were shot or burned to death in their vehicles on this road. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

American-Made .50-Caliber Rifles Help Fuel Mexican Cartel Violence

Alex Yablon, The Trace October 29, 2019 Mexican authorities were outgunned by criminal cartels in two notable incidents this month. In both cases, the criminals were armed with high-powered .50-caliber firearms.…

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Members of a vigilante group called the United Front of Community Police of the State of Guerrero pass by bullet-riddled homes in Filo de Caballos, Guerrero, on April 25, 2019.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Mexicans are killing each other at record rates. The U.S. provides the guns

Los Angeles Times By Kate Linthicum, October 6, 2019 FILO DE CABALLOS, Mexico — The sun had not yet risen when dozens of gunmen stormed into the town of Ocotito in…

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