Map: Guns Trafficked to Mexico and Central America

Guns recovered in Mexico and Central America traced to US, by zip code, 2015-2022 This map shows the number of firearms that were recovered in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El…

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How the black market gun trade fuels Haiti’s conflict

By Matt Berg, Eric Bazail-Eimil and Miles Herszenhorn, Politico With help from Daniel Lippman June 7, 2024 The U.S. is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a foreign intervention…

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Key Legislation – ARMAS Act – Introduced in Congress

CASTRO, TORRES, GOLDMAN, CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK LEAD INTRODUCTION OF AMERICAS REGIONAL MONITORING OF ARMS SALES (ARMAS) ACT TO CURB U.S. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING TO LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Congressman Castro announced the introduction…

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Read more about the article The ATF’s Gun Tracing Database is a Black Box. A Lawsuit Could Change That.
John Lindsay-Poland is the Wage Peace Coordinator for American Friends Service Committee's San Francisco office, looks through a weapons catalog during the vendor show at the opening day of Urban Shield at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Ca., on Fri. September 8, 2017. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The ATF’s Gun Tracing Database is a Black Box. A Lawsuit Could Change That.

By Champe Barton The Trace, November 3, 2023 An activist has sued the agency for information about U.S. guns smuggled to Mexico and Central America, data that researchers say would…

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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…

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Read more about the article Behind a Rise in Latin America’s Violent Crime, A Deadly Flow of Illegal Guns
March 22, 2023, Santa María Rayon , Mexico : The Mexican Army of the 22nd military zone destroyed 288 small weapons, 93 long weapons, 3472 ammunition and 102 magazines, which came from seizures by organized crime and had been placed at the disposal of the Ministry of National Defense. (Photo credit should read Arturo Hernandez / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Behind a Rise in Latin America’s Violent Crime, A Deadly Flow of Illegal Guns

Americas Quarterly, May 15, 2023 By Carina Solmirano Weapons diverted from the U.S. and from militaries are plaguing the region. Governments can do more to combat the phenomenon. Murder is…

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Stopping Illegal Gun Trafficking Through South Florida

Will Freeman, Council on Foreign Relations April 25, 2023 American-made guns trafficked through Florida ports are destabilizing the Caribbean and Central America and fueling domestic crime. It's time for the…

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