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On March 24, 2022, a number of experts shared resources in a closed meeting on firearms trafficking to Mexico and Central America, building in part off of recent publications by the ...
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Published in Univision.com February 17, 2022 By John Lindsay-Poland Seventy percent of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico are traced to the United States, and they contribute to Mexico’s ...
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Stop US Arms to Mexico and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights present “Firearms in Mexico,” an interactive platform that permits users to visualize what, ...
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Lawsuit is step in the right direction, but more needed, say experts Press release (español aquí) August 4, 2021 – The Mexican government filed suit in federal court today against ...
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Human Rights Resolution Passes at Annual Meeting By Arnie Alpert, InDepthNH June 6, 2022 With political officials seemingly unable or ...
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On March 24, 2022, a number of experts shared resources in a closed meeting on firearms trafficking to Mexico and Central ...
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Published in Univision.com February 17, 2022 By John Lindsay-Poland Seventy percent of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico are ...
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Publicado por la redacción de Conexión Migrante 2 de Febrero, 2022 Los fabricantes de armas en Estados Unidos son los responsables del suministro de armas que ...
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PDF version BOSTON, MA- Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Global Exchange, March for Our Lives, Newtown Action Alliance and the Violence ...
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Inside Mexico’s Historic Lawsuit Targeting U.S. Gun Companies Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept December 27, 2021 Alejandro Celorio Alcántara was not surprised ...
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Mexico is using courts to hold US gun manufacturers accountable. Gabriel Mondragón Toledo, Inkstick December 1, 2021 For years now, Mexican ...
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Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times November 26, 2021 If it weren’t for U.S. gun companies supplying a steady stream of weapons ...
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Investigators traced guns found in the border city of Reynosa back to Americans who used the website Armslist. Published on ...
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Stop US Arms to Mexico and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights present “Firearms in ...
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Fact Sheet: Mexican Government vs. Gun Companies: Lawsuit & Implications for U.S. Policy towards Mexico The following is a summary ...
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As the two countries meet this week to discuss security cooperation, lawmakers see the sale as evidence of a systemic ...
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Leer en español Washington, DC.- On September 14, four U.S. Senators asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to suspend weapons ...
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by Eugenio Weigend and Joel Martinez, Center for American Progress September 2, 2021 Last month, the Mexican government filed a ...
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Arms Control Today, September 2021 By Jeff Abramson The Mexican government took a novel approach to curtailing illegal gun trafficking into ...
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by William S. Dodge and Ingrid Wuerth Just Security, August 19, 2021 Earlier this month, Mexico sued six U.S. gun manufacturers, one foreign ...
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August 18, 2021 Attention to the production and marketing of firearms in the United States, in relation to violence within ...
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The lawsuit over drug cartel violence could be part of a bigger change on guns. Ioan Grillo, Foreign Policy August 12, ...
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The Guardian, August 6, 2021 By Robert Reich Mexico has tried almost everything to stop US-made guns from fueling cartel ...
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Lawsuit is step in the right direction, but more needed, say experts Press release (español aquí) August 4, 2021 – ...
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Country seeking up to $10bn in damages in Massachusetts lawsuit US-made weapons used in cartel battles and attacks on civilians ...
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By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone Reuters, August 3, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The small arms maker Sig Sauer Inc ...
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The Urgent Necessity for Transparency in the U.S. and Mexican Gun Trade A report by the Mexican Commission for the Defense ...
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Wednesday, July 28, 3pm-4pm EST, 2pm-3pm CDMX, 12pm-1pm Pacific, 9pm-10pm Germany Invisible Weapons, Indelible Pain: The Urgent Necessity of Transparency in ...
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SIG Sauer Must Pay Historic 11 Million Euros Over Illegal Arms Sales / SIG-Sauer-guns are being used in Colombia to ...
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Publicado en AP por Kristin M. Hall, James Laporta, Justin Pritchard y Justin Myers En la primera investigación en su ...
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Over 100 International Organizations Urge President Biden to Stop U.S. Arms Sales to Mexico Press Release, April 13 2021 Comunicado en ...
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The guns were used during the forced disappearance of 43 teaching students in the state of Guerrero in 2014. Ricardo ...
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NACLA Report on the Americas, April 1, 2021 by John Lindsay-Poland On the third day of the Biden administration, January ...
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By John Lindsay-Poland and William D. Hartung Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2021 Last March, the Trump administration implemented regulations to make ...
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By Jeff Abramson, The Hill March 9, 2021 In his 2019 gun violence prevention policy platform then-presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to “ensure ...
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by John Lindsay-Poland, Stop US Arms to Mexico Led by pistol exports to Thailand and Mexico, the number of semi-automatic ...
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A discussion on March 17, 2021, of the connections between gun violence prevention within the United States and internationally, with ...
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Publicado por Periodistas de a Pie 29 de Enero 2021 Desde el área de formación y capacitación de la Red ...
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By Ioan Grillo The New York Times MEXICO CITY — In 2008, the U.S. gun maker Colt, based in Hartford, Conn., ...
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By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime February 12, 2021 The United States provided training to a troubled Mexican police unit — several ...
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Heckler & Koch Before the Highest German Criminal Court Federal Court of Justice Hears Revision in the Case of Illegal ...
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Altreeconomia no. 234 by Caterina Morbiato, February 1, 2021 In the country, the army controls the armed supplies destined for the police. An ...
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Please join the University of Arizona for a Webinar on Arms Trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico, to be held on Wednesday, February ...
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Monografía sobre webinars de 2020INTRODUCCIÓNAntecedentes: Informes recientes indican que la carga mundial de la violencia armada representa más de 250.000 ...
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By Arnie Alpert and John Lindsay-Poland January 17, 2021, Seacoast Online With the authorization of additional public funds to support Sig ...
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Produced by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Relations Click on images to enlarge [Versiones en Español aquí] ...
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Español aquí Weapons companies based in Europe and Israel exported more than 238,000 firearms to Mexico for use by police ...
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Jorge Dominguez was a U.S. citizen kidnapped in Mexico by the military. Did the U.S. government do anything to find ...
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Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective December 14, 2020, 51:39 minutes In this episode of Solidarity Radio we are joined by ...
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All infographics created by Agir pour la Paix. (Ver infográficos en Español) Read the report: Deadly Trade: How European and ...
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Mexico’s Journalists in the Crossfire of the International Arms Trade by Phineas Rueckert, Forbidden Stories December 9, 2020 At least 86 ...
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Control of arms exports Wolf-Dieter Vogel, taz [google translate from the German original] December 7, 2020 The German arms factory Dynamit ...
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We are delighted to announce the hiring by Global Exchange of Marco Castillo, who will serve as lead U.S. organizer ...
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The Washington Post, November 19, 2020 By Kevin Sieff and Nick Miroff NOGALES, Mexico — North of the border, the ...
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Deadly Trade: How European and Israeli weapons exports are accelerating violence in Mexico Watch the Webinar  November 24, 2020 Weapons ...
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By E. Eduardo Castillo and Stefanie Dazio The Associated Press, October 15, 2020 Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, ...
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A webinar on the illegal sale of assault rifles from Germany and the lethal consequences for Mexico Film documentary “Lethal ...
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By John Lindsay-Poland Inkstick, September 9, 2020 In the first five months of new looser federal rules for exporting firearms, ...
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By Zachary Goodwin, InsightCrime September 8, 2020 A recent UN report shows that traffickers move weapons from the United States to ...
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High-powered .50-caliber rifles can be purchased legally in most of the U.S. — and they keep showing up in the ...
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August 3, 2020 Fabián Medina is head of cabinet of Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations. Victoria Estrada is editor and producer of audio reports ...
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Gun Violence in the Americas: Local Solutions to a Hemispheric Challenge Webinar hosted by the Consortium of Universities for Global ...
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our next event The Flow of U.S. Guns and Violence Against Women in Mexico and Central America June 25, 2020 ...
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Presentaciones en Powerpoint Natalia Báez Zamudio Mark Ungar  Montserrat Martinez Suchit Chavez Gráfico: Silvia Minguzzi ...
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By Meaghan Beatley, Foreign Policy May 27, 2020 On Nov. 25, 2019, while thousands of women took to the streets of ...
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Elena Klaver interviews John Lindsay-Poland in this 25-minute interview aired on May 5, 2020 by Boulder, Colorado’s KGNU community radio ...
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Le Soir, April 20, 2020 (google translation from French) By Fabián Medina, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
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Source: Al Jazeera A Mexican arms trafficker, a hitman, and the wife of a victim of gun violence talk about weapons ...
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This 60-minute webinar on March 24, 2020 features presentations by Dr. Stephen Hargarten, Natalia Báez, and John Lindsay-Poland on gun ...
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Gun violence affects nearly everyone. Close to 40,000 Americans die and more than 100,000 are injured by gun violence every ...
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by Brett Heinz, Center for Economic and Political Research (CEPR) February 20, 2020 El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in ...
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The Globe Post, January 28, 2020 Adotei Akwei A new rule announced on Thursday by the Donald Trump administration will make it far easier to export ...
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Vice, Robin Eveleigh January 28, 2020 From the safety of gleaming mansions in the foothills of the Italian Alps, government-owned ...
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Despite Donald Trump’s claims, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are everything but safe. by Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera December 29, ...
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By Jeff Abramson, November 18, 2019 CNN Less than 10 days after six children and three women of a US ...
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By John Lindsay-Poland and Dee Rowland Salt Lake Tribune, November 16, 2019 The massacre of six children and three women ...
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November 12, 2019 – Italy is exporting tens of thousands of high-powered weapons to Mexican forces involved in human rights ...
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Leader calls US approach against drugs a ‘disaster’ By Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel ...
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By Ioan Grillo, New York Times November 6, 2019 If the president wants to fight the cartels behind killings like Monday’s attack ...
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How U.S. Gun Policy Influences Violence in Mexico By Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Rukmani Bhatia, Center for American Progress November 1, 2019 Gunfire, ...
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Alex Yablon, The Trace October 29, 2019 Mexican authorities were outgunned by criminal cartels in two notable incidents this month. In ...
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Assault weapons trafficked into Mexico were used in an ambush and massacre of police officers in Michoacán on Monday. This ...
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Los Angeles Times By Kate Linthicum, October 6, 2019 FILO DE CABALLOS, Mexico — The sun had not yet risen ...
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Reuters, September 10, 2019 MEXICO CITY – Mexico said it would press the United States to halt arms smuggling across ...
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By William Hartung, The Hill September 10, 2019 One of the most ill-advised decisions made by the Trump administration is ...
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InsightCrime, August 31, 2019 by Parker Asmann The problem of US-sourced firearms finding their way into the hands of Mexico’s ...
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Over 112,000 high-capacity magazines recovered at Mexican crime scenes September 6, 2019 – The House Judiciary Committee will vote next ...
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Jacobin, August 2019 By Kurt Hackbarth American gun manufacturers are responsible for arming the El Paso shooter. They’re also responsible ...
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The New Yorker By Stephania Taladrid, August 10, 2019 On Sunday evening, as U.S. authorities considered bringing hate-crime charges against the gunman ...
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Selling weapons south of the border is big business — and America’s loose gun laws are also devastating for Mexico By ...
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By Elisabeth Malkin and Azam Ahmed, The New York Times August 4, 2019 Mexico demanded protections for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans living in the ...
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By Associated Press July 22 at 1:58 PM MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said Monday it has reached agreement with ...
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Gun exports reached record levels in 2017 and again in 2018. Can Congress stop Trump from loosening the rules even ...
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July 11, 2019 The House of Representatives voted Thursday to prohibit a Trump administration proposal to transfer weapons export controls ...
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PBS News Hour, June 12, 2019 By Gabriela Martinez. While the Trump administration’s hardline approach to immigration has focused on ...
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In recognition of #WearOrange National Gun Violence Awareness Day, we have an entire show dedicated to stopping gun violence. We cover ...
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CBS News. By Megan Cerullo, June 7, 2019 Arturo Sarukhan, the former Mexican ambassador to the U.S., has a proposal ...
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U.S. guns in Honduras – in the hands of both state forces and gangs – brutalize communities and families, making ...
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Administration’s Proposed Rule Could Result in Proliferation of 3D-Printed Firearms WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2019 –Today a diverse group of more ...
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On March 26, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing, “Proposed Small Arms ...
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By Alex Yablon, Foreign Policy March 8, 2019 The administration’s push to weaken oversight of gun exports could worsen the Central ...
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WASHINGTON— Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva and Rep. Alan Lowenthal sent a letter on March 7 with 22 other Members of Congress ...
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On Feb. 4, the Trump administration presented to Congress new rules for the international sale of military-style firearms that could ...
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National Catholic Reporter, February 28, 2019 By Mary Ann McGivern You may remember the kidnapping and presumed murder of 43 ...
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New Hampshire Union Leader, Feburary 27, 2019 Three former managers of German gun maker Sig Sauer accused of illegally selling ...
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DW, February 20, 2019 Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their ...
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CNN, February 14, 2019 By William Hartung For a man who regularly rails against the activities of criminal gangs and has claimed ...
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NBC News, Josh Lederman February 7, 2019 Manufacturers will no longer need State Department licenses to export dozens of weapons ...
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By John Lindsay-Poland Versión en español. U.S.-sourced guns brutalize and force migrants to flee all along the route between Central ...
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U.S. guns exported to Mexico with few controls on where they go are part of the growing human rights crisis ...
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By Louis Epstein, January 29, 2019 Foreign Policy in Focus Americans might think of Acapulco as a tropical idyll but it’s increasingly ...
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Versión en español. San Francisco, CA – Global Exchange and its Stop US Arms to Mexico project applaud the introduction ...
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Illegally trafficked weapons are difficult to count, but there is much sound data to indicate that U.S.-sourced assault weapons are ...
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By Todd Bookman, January 9, 2019 New Hampshire National Public Radio Gun manufacturer Sig Sauer’s chief executive is accused by ...
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By Gabriel Schivone and John Lindsay-Poland Arizona Daily Star, Dec 17, 2018 Many southern neighbors are hopeful about the overwhelming victory ...
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By Francisco Alvarado VICE, December 12, 2018 A gun-trafficking case involving ex-law enforcement exposed the lie at the heart of ...
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German media reported on November 23 that Ron Cohen, the CEO of gun company Sig Sauer, was arrested at the Frankfurt airport ...
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Miami Herald, November 23, 2018 By Sarah Blaskey The Miami Herald found that the political violence in Honduras, which has ...
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Download PDF of this Fact Sheet. Updated November 2018 News alert, Nov. 23, 2018: The CEO of Sig Sauer in ...
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WNHN, New Hampshire, October 17, 2018 Special guest host Arnie Alpert of the American Friends Service Committee NH interviews Natalia ...
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By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many ...
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By Alex Yablon, September 18, 2018 The Trace Smugglers who run weapons across the southern border are loyal customers. Rogelio ...
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Nick Wilson and William D. Hartung August 17, 2018, The Brady Campaign There has always been some cross over between ...
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Defense News, August 10, 2018 By Stephen Carlson The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Mexico of ...
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By Leslie Benavides On May 24, the Trump administration published a set of proposed rules to make it easier to ...
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A report by the Mexican Commission for the Defense of Human Rights and the Stop US Arms to Mexico Project ...
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By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2018. President Trump tweeted about Mexico’s soaring violence this week, saying the United ...
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Associated Press, July 11, 2018 By Christopher Sherman President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday he will cancel the pending ...
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On May 24, the Trump administration proposed to make it easier to export U.S. gun and ammunition globally, even though ...
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Call to Suspend Aid for Military’s Police Ops Members of the U.S. Congress called on the secretaries of State and ...
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In These Times, June 14, 2018 By Laura Weiss Recent shootings have rekindled a national conversation about the disproportionate levels ...
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By Sarah Okeson, Salon, June 1, 2018. The plan would make it easier to sell American-made weapons to foreign governments and ...
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By Alex Yablon The Trace, May 25, 2018 Mexico is on track to have its most murderous year on record. Criminal violence ...
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By Kate Linthicum The Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2018 The only gun shop in all of Mexico is behind ...
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By Travis Waldron and Nick Wing Huffington Post, May 24, 2018 Senators and human rights groups worry the proposed rule ...
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By Aram Barra Mexican Times, May 23, 2018 Yesterday, May 22, more than 50 Latin American citizen organizations and over ...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration’s proposal to make it easier to export military-grade guns to ...
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The Intercept, April 26, 2018 John Lindsay-Poland In a room full of weapons industry representatives in Washington, D.C., in February, one ...
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CGTN America, January 29, 2018, 11 minutes The sale of illegal guns is big business in Mexico. And they’re being ...
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Arnie Alpert and John Lindsay-Poland Concord Monitor, July 23, 2017 Now that Sig Sauer has taken steps to control the ...
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WASHINGTON, DC (June 14, 2017) Members of Congress this week called on the governors of four U.S. states on the southern ...
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Howard Altschiller, Portsmouth Herald, 4 June 2017 “My purpose in coming here is to ask for mercy,” Maria Herrera Magdaleno, a ...
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Campaign Against the Arms Trade, September 11, 2015 John Lindsay-Poland  At the DSEI fair in London this week, leaders of Mexico’s ...
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Published by DW, August 31, 2015 German weapons maker Sig Sauer is facing a second lawsuit on suspicion of illegally exporting ...
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