US Gun Dealers Arm Mexican Drug Wars

Softer American laws lead to cross-border flood of weapons

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2009 8:26 AM CST

(Newser) – More than 6,000 Mexicans died in drug wars last year, and violence has surged recently as gangs battle the police and each other. But because of Mexico's strict gun laws, cartels have to get their weaponry from elsewhere: the United States. Ninety percent of... Read full story »

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