Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America suffer from extremely high levels of gun homicides and other gun violence. What are the mechanisms and impacts of this gun violence, and what policies and actions can people in the region take to confront it? In this webinar, expert journalists and researchers discuss the gun market and its human impacts, and propose policies and strategies to stem gun violence in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Hosted by Global Exchange.

Speakers:

Montserrat Martínez, Research Coordinator, 24-0 (Mexico) – Presentation slides (Spanish)
Dr. Arturo Cervantes, Anahuac University (Mexico) – Presentation slides (Spanish)
Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College – Presentation slides (Spanish)
Suchit Chávez, Salvadoran journalist – Presentation slides (Spanish)
Natalia Báez Zamudio, Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights – Presentation slides (Spanish)
Moderator: Suhayla Bazbaz, Inovación Social (Mexico)

Co-sponsors: Global Exchange; 24-0; Center for American Progress; Forum on the Arms Trade; Stop US Arms to Mexico; Universidad Anahuac; Medical College of Wisconsin; John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

Watch the event in Spanish on YouTube.