The Permanent Commission of San Lázaro approved, through an economic vote, to call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) to request from the United States government a detailed report on the measures and indicators used by agencies such as Customs and Border Protection to identify , reduce and prevent the illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives.
In additionthe plenary session asked the SRE to require a specific report from the US government on the progress in the investigation and tracking of weapons seized in Mexicoas well as the number of seizures of firearms and their components.
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As well as how many trafficking organizations they have arrested, how many points of sale on the border they have supervised per year, how many licenses they have revoked from those sellers who have proven to have sold weapons for military use to the drug trafficking cartels in Mexico, through negligent practices. selling.
Also, about the investigations of intermediary buyers who are in United States territory; as well as the sentences imposed on people involved with these weapons and crimes, within the framework of the Bicentennial Understanding on Security, Public Health and Safe Communities.
Senator Emmanuel Reyes Carmona (Morena), author of the point of agreement, stated that “the cartels are being armed through the main trafficking channels of the United States, entering through Sonora, TamaulipasNuevo León, Chihuahua and Guanajuato“.
“The situation of violence and insecurity in Mexico is exacerbated by the trafficking of illicit weapons, ammunition and explosive devices that come from the United States,” said the Morenoist legislator.
He explained that according to the Report on the National Assessment of Commerce and Trafficking in Firearms, from the US Department of Justice, 74% of the weapons that arrive in our country come from the northern border with ArizonaCalifornia and Texas.
In addition, he said, the report shows that gun trafficking trends from the United States to Mexico have been increasing, with 63% of firearms recovered in our country, between 2017 and 2023.
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Senator Amalia García (MC) said that the cooperation between the governments of the United States and Mexico must be addressed and exposed, with the objective of detecting the weapons that have entered from her country and stopping the financial resources that allow the illegal trafficking of armament.
Deputy Luis Agustín Rodríguez (PAN) indicated that his party supports the request for a report on the route of arms trafficking from the United States; and assured that there must be complicity on the part of the authorities for the weapons to enter the country.
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