(CNSNews.com) – A new federal report reveals that 70% of the firearms seized by Mexican authorities between 2009 and 2014 originated in the United States. In addition, the report shows that the majority of those U.S.-originated guns were bought in California, Arizona, and Texas, southwest states that border Mexico.
The report from the General Accountability Office (GAO) was issued on Jan. 16 and is entitled, Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Have Improved, But Some Collaboration Challenges Remain.
Between 2009 and 2014, the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) confirmed that Mexican authorities seized 104,850 firearms. Using a sophisticated tracing program, called eTrace, the ATF determined that 73,684 of those weapons, or 70%, originated in the United States.
Another 17% of the firearms, 17,544 weapons, were traced to other countries, primarily Spain, China, Italy, Germany and Romania. For the remaining 13%, or 13,622 weapons, the ATF could not trace their origin because there was not enough information available.
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2 comments:
And Obama and Holder are still roaming the streets. This administration is the most corrupt in the history of the USA.
Firearms are a net export to Mexico.
I see no problem with this, since Mexicans are a net export to the US.
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