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What Trump Didn’t Say About the Massacre in Mexico
By Ioan Grillo, New York Times November 6, 2019 If the president wants to fight the cartels behind killings like Monday’s attack on a Mormon family, he can start with gun control.…
Beyond Our Borders but Within Our Control
How U.S. Gun Policy Influences Violence in Mexico By Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Rukmani Bhatia, Center for American Progress November 1, 2019 Gunfire, explosions, and chaos erupted in the Mexican city of Culiacán on October…
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.…
Cuna del fusil Barrett, fábrica impenetrable
Milenio, 26 de octubre de 2019 Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Hace 38 años su fundador instaló un taller que hoy beneficia, entre otros, a los cárteles mexicanos. El arma más letal del…
Frozen: el operativo para sellar las fronteras al tráfico ilegal de armas desde EEUU a México
Por Eliana Gilet Sputnik News, 23 de octubre de 2019 Con el anuncio de un operativo llamado Frozen, altos representantes de los Gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos, buscarán 'congelar' el…
Two Mass Killings by Shooters in Mexico in as Many Days
Assault weapons trafficked into Mexico were used in an ambush and massacre of police officers in Michoacán on Monday. This was followed on Tuesday in Guerrero by the killing by…
Firearms Recovered in Mexico, 2010-2018
Armas aseguradas en México, 2010-2018 Firearms recovered by Mexican army, 2010-2018, by municipality. Click on red icons for details of gun recoveries by army, 2010-2018, including assault weapons. Click on…
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…
Tenemos un problema de armas de fuego, y no sabemos verlo: un podcast de México Evalúa
Elefantes en la habitación Un podcast de México Evalúa, Episodio 5, 1 de octubre de 2019 En el 70% de todos los homicidios cometidos en nuestro país en 2018 se…
Mexico says will focus on arms smuggling at U.S. meeting on migrant flows
Reuters, September 10, 2019 MEXICO CITY - Mexico said it would press the United States to halt arms smuggling across its border with Mexico at a pivotal meeting in Washington…