Guns from the United States are flooding Latin America

and his fingerprints, every gun leaves its mark on the ammunition it uses. Such traces are what Sergio Sandoval de la Peña pores over daily in Mexico City’s ballistics lab. A series of dark-green circles, like the sub-woofer of a speaker, appear on his computer screen. It is a digitised three-dimensional model of a cartridge, found at the scene of a robbery this year and placed under a microscope.

But even in the unlikely event that the United States were to repeal the second amendment, Latin America’s gun problem would not abate. Many national armies and police forces have a habit of losing their weapons. In Guerrero, a state in Mexico, one weapon in five belonging to the state police ends up “lost or stolen”. Central American police forces are notorious for selling seized weapons they should destroy, says Mark Ungar of Brooklyn College.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president, has signed two decrees this year making it easier for Brazilians to own and carry guns. Shares of Brazil’s large gun firms have soared. Mr Bolsonaro has said he will legalise imports of American guns too. Legal weapons can become illegal ones with ease through theft or corruption, observes An Vranckx of Catalystas, a consultancy. Brazil’s murder rate dipped after 2003 when new rules made it harder to buy a gun.

So, you’re saying that more Mexicans use American guns for murder than Americans do? I wonder why that is.

Latin American should be putting a blockade on USA.

Another reason to build a wall

Are you referencing the Fast and Furious strategy of the Obama Administration?

United States, the serials killer.

Time to stop producing these weapons.

Illegal exporting guns to Latin America

Thanks to Eric Holder.

Especially one sold to them by Obama... for which there was never any punishment, why wasn't he impeached?

It's so bad you'd think the US government actively armed Mexican criminals with guns to use indiscriminately... Oh Right...

Oh oh! Here comes more tariffs!!!

Perhaps the Mexican government should let the people of Mexico defend themselves, then the problem would sort it's self out. That 100% gun ban they got going isn't working out so well now is it!

Yes also because its forbidden sell anykinds of weapons in Mexico and also because very easy buy weapons in the second-hand market in Usa where the control are more lows. DiegoEOsorno

Tariffs on guns! Gotcha Mexico, stop migrants or illegal gun flow stops. How are you going to fuel violent organized crimen activity such as human smuggling across the border without gun....oh.

Thanks Eric Holder!

alllibertynews What about the South America manufacturers?

Y dicen que los latinos son los asesinos violentos.los E.U. mandan las armas y aquí ponemos los muertos ( mal negocio )

What’s new. Always.

Stop 🛑 the USA 🇺🇸 Guns!!

Well here in South Africa the ghost guns run between Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho straight back to South Africa a full circle pool loop

Why don't your reporters ask Barack Obama how many US made guns his administration allowed to flow into Mexico during the Fast and Furious Operation?

And we wonder why LatinAmericans are flooding are border? AB

Breaking news! discover the gravity

Good morning , just waking up? It’s been going on for decades and there is competition

Well that sounds just great. Like maybe it’ll spark more buying on this end of those scarred of brown folks.

The last real export of the USA is death and war. A superpower in decline.

Really? Why I can't trust you? What kind? Sources of gun?

AnaGomesMEP 😬😬😬

Really

For years

Is this a pro-border wall article? So racist smh

NRAOrgy

When there violence flare up, migrants will run away to the USA. They mustn't shut down their borders, because it'll be their guns that are causing mayhem in Latin American countries.

Oh wow you don't say.

Not Good for local gun makers.

This are real news!

Shocked and surprised. Said no one.

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