The News Spills the Beans About "Alleged" American Gun Trafficking to Mexico

US Federal Agents Crack Down on Mexico Gun Smuggling

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Don’t you just love it when the media unintentionally tips us off (see bolded text below) to the facts in their reporting?

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…Many of the guns used by hit men working for the drug cartels have been traced back to the United States and U.S. officials are trying to crack down on smuggling of weapons into Mexico. But the effort may have limited impact on violence in Mexico….

…The searches at this particular border crossing have only produced one handgun so far, but the effort is praised by Mexico's General Consul in El Paso, Roberto Rodriguez. "It is a good start to see what the American authorities are doing, especially stopping the trafficking of guns. Most of the guns used by the gangs in Mexico are coming from the United States," Rodriguez said….

After those absurd statements by Mexico's general counsel, Mr Burton went on to dispel the myths by stating this:

International security analyst Fred Burton, who works for Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting) in Austin, says gun store purchases probably account for very few of the weapons used in Mexico crimes.

"If you think about the volume of weapons the narcos [narcotics traffickers] have in their possession any time there is a bust, what you see is an extraordinary number of automatic weapons of Chinese manufacture, Russian manufacture and you do see some weapons that have been stolen or purchased illegally here in the United States," Burton said.

He says many of the U.S. guns in criminal hands come from the Mexican military, which has a high rate of desertion.

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