Illegal Arms Flow Into Mexico Reported High
United Press International
NOGALES, Mexico —
An average 60,000 firearms enter Mexico illegally from the United States every month, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Citing figures from border agents in Nogales, bordering the Arizona town of the same name, the Excelsior newspaper said, “Most of the weapons are handguns and automatic rifles, which are more efficient than the Mexican army’s arsenal.”
U.S. Border Patrol agents have been cooperating with Mexican officials in a three-month-old operation to try to stop the illegal arms traffic.
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