U.S., Mexico fighting flow of firearms to drug cartels From: chron.com
Tagged: border, drug violence, gangs, MexicoPosted on: June 10th, 2008
Taking aim at a flood of weapons smuggled from the United States into Mexico and into the hands of warring drug-cartel gangsters, officials from both countries vowed Monday to do more to take on traffickers.
Weapons smuggling is not new, but the flow has increased dramatically in recent years, Julie Myers, an assistant secretary for Homeland Security, said Monday.
“What was once a drip or even a steady but manageable flow has swelled to become an all out tidal wave,” said Myers, who was in town for a three-day closed door conference on border security.”*
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