The Trump administration agreed to curb arms trafficking in 2019
The two sides discussed their security priorities and among other topics, they talked about arms trafficking, money laundering, and international drug trafficking
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government will seek to strengthen cooperation with the United States to control the flow of “arms and dollars” during meetings this week with U.S. Attorney General William Barr
A bloody battle took place in Culiacán after security forces arrested Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo's son
The call was made after gunmen used powerful and advanced weapons to fight the Mexican army
The Organized Crime Index Africa 2019 includes human and arms trafficking, human smuggling, and flora and fauna crimes in which Mexico is ranked over other 64 countries on civil war or with serious security threats
Due to increasing surveillance measures in the Mexico-U.S. border, new routes for arms smuggling have found their way to Mexico from the southern border with Guatemala and Belize, all the way from Nicaragua
EL UNIVERSAL talked to an arms smuggler who revealed alarming information
At least 80% of firearms in Mexico enter through the northern border and over 50% come from the U.S.; Texas and California are the main exporters
Central America has become the outlet of Mexican organized crime for drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking