US must stem ‘iron river’ of guns flowing to Latin America, activists say
By Sarah Morland, Reuters April 18, 2023 April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. guns, many of them exported legally, are flowing into Latin America in an "iron river" ending in the…
Confronting the Crisis of U.S. Gun Violence in Mexico
By John Lindsay-Poland Armed With Reason, April 13, 2023 The protracted and polarized debates about firearms in the United States frequently track the importance that each side attributes to two…
Mexico Appeals in Case Against Gun Manufacturers
April 4, 2023, Just Security by León Castellanos-Jankiewicz On Mar. 14, Mexico filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in its civil complaint against seven gun manufacturers…
Mexico says support growing for lawsuit against US gunmakers
Mexico News Daily, March 23, 2023 [Note: Stop US Arms to Mexico was party to two amicus briefs filed in support of Mexico's appeal of Mexico v. Smith & Wesson et.al. One…
A Cruz Roja Mexicana ambulance of Matamoros, Mexico, successfully transports two surviving kidnapped U.S. citizens to Brownsville Fire Department EMS ambulances through Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates in Brownsville Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
Weapon used in Matamoros murder, kidnapping of four Americans came from U.S.
By Valerie Gonzalez The Monitor / myRGV.com, March 20, 2023 One of the weapons used in the fatal kidnapping of four American citizens in Matamoros was linked to a Valley…
Amid Violent Conflict, Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel Thankful for US Guns
Alexander Miller Geopolitical Monitor, March 9, 2023 Members of the Sinaloa Cartel expressed their appreciation for the availability and abundance of guns in the US in a recent documentary. The flow of illicit…
International Delegation to Investigate Gun Trade Concludes Visit to Mexico
Versión en español aquí. Download as pdf. Deeply moved by the enormous suffering caused by gun violence in Mexico, the delegation expresses solidarity with the families of victims, survivors of…
How Mexican Drug Cartels Smuggle Thousands of Guns From The US
Keegan Hamilton, VICE News February 14, 2023 VICE News traveled to Mexico to meet cartel members armed with American weapons, along with government officials from both the U.S. and Mexico…
Mexican Army Spends Millions on High-Powered Weaponry
Pulse News Mexico, January 31, 2023 By Kelin Dillon By KELIN DILLON According to new data released by Mexico’s Secretary of Defense (Sedena), the Mexican army has allocated a 761-million peso budget…
Castro, Torres, Sires Lead Introduction of ARMAS Act to Stem Gun Trafficking to Latin America and Caribbean
Press Release from Rep. Joaquin Castro ARMAS Act Introduced Today, Representatives Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Norma Torres (CA-35), Albio Sires (NJ-08), Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Nanette Barragán (CA-44) Adriano Espaillat (NY-13),…