Mexico tells U.S. to fight weapons trade

Smuggled guns linked to killings

President Felipe Calderon told The Associated Press that his police and soldiers are dangerously outgunned because U.S. authorities are failing to stop the smuggling of high-powered weapons into Mexico. His attorney general called for more aggressive prosecutions of gun smugglers, saying that the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms doesn't protect them. Full Story »

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4.3
by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 1, 2009

The uncontrolled sale of military weaponry by U.S. interests threatens the stability of Mexico in this case.

Both official and illegal sale of arms around the world seems to be feeding crime and terrorism.

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