Are U.S. Gun-Makers Responsible for Violence in Mexico?
Foreign Policy, October 24, 2023 Chantal Flores A lawsuit explores the extent to which manufacturers are culpable for global crime. On June 19, 2021, a convoy of armed men drove…
Report: The U.S.-Mexico Double Fix: Combating the Flow of Guns to Transnational Organized Crime
A report from the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Conflict Awareness Project The U.S. and Mexico are grappling with daunting security crises stemming from the trafficking of hundreds…
Journalist, Nonprofit Newsroom and Gun Violence Prevention Group Argue in Federal Court for Access to Cross-Border Gun Data
Contact: John Lindsay-Poland, johnlindsaypoland@gmail.com, +1 510 282 8983 Vickie Baranetsky, Center for Investigative Reporting, vbaranetsky@revealnews.org October 2, 2023 In actions that could lead to disclosure of unprecedented data on gun…
CBP Seizes 270 Guns Hidden in Water Heaters at Texas Border
Borderland Beat, September 15, 2023 By "Socalj" US Customs and Border Protection officers found 270 firearms hidden inside water heaters behind a false wall. On Sept. 6, CBP officers at…
CBS: Arming Cartels: Inside the Mexican-American Gunrunning Networks
CBS Reports, September 14, 2023 U.S. political leaders are increasingly calling for war on Mexican cartels to combat the crises at our southern border, but an unprecedented intelligence project reveals…
Legally purchased guns from Texas are fueling cartel violence and the fentanyl crisis
By Alexandra Hart Texas Standard, August 3, 2023 Cartel violence in Mexico has been raging for years, with authorities seemingly unable to reign it in. Complicating matters is the fact…
U.S.-Mexico talks could mean crackdown on guns flowing south, fentanyl heading north
Dallas is a major firearms trafficking hub for Mexican cartels. Mexico wants U.S. to do more to stop the ‘Iron Pipeline.’ By Kevin Krause Dallas Morning News, July 31, 2023…
The armor of the European arms industry
By León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, El País July 31, 2023 Weapons made on the Old Continent are finding their way into the hands of the cartels, but victims of the violence have…
How the US Drives Gun Exports and Fuels Violence Around the World
By Michael Riley, David Kocieniewski and Eric Fan Bloomberg News, July 24, 2023 No company has benefited more from the federal government’s push to boost overseas sales than Sig Sauer Inc. Last October,…
Mexico urges US court to revive $10 billion lawsuit against gun makers
By Nate Raymond July 24, 2023, Reuters BOSTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Monday urged a U.S. appeals court to revive a $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold…