Will people still deny that we make the Mexican cartels stronger?

.....even after reading this? What do you think about the focus on the southbound traffic?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/pl_afp/usmexicocrimedrugscongresslead_20090401223733;_ylt=AiQ3cx7F8o8gSZJ10w8Mo0v3SpZ4
US lawmakers vote for Mexico border funds

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Alarmed by violence from Mexico's drug war, the US Senate voted Wednesday for a 550-million-dollar package to stop the southward flow of guns and money to cartels from US sources.

"The US government has invested significant resources to prevent drugs from entering the United States. But, until recently, it has focused only limited resources on the supply of money and weapons going south to fuel the drug war," said Collins.
Additional Details
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/03/09/20090309guns0309.html
Court papers claim dealers in Arizona and other states bordering Mexico provide three- quarters of the black-market firearms to Mexico, a nation that strictly controls gun ownership. Phoenix is considered a hub for illegal exportation of AK-47s, SKS rifles, .50-caliber rifles and other weapons favored by narcotics gangsters.

â™¥eli

What the h3ll is going on with some answers.........people this is not only Mexico's fault it's also the U.S. fault. I hope the U.S. can help on this and hope all of this comes to an end.

Ali A

Legal exports to Mexico are much more likely a problem, according to a recent report, particularly those going to the military where corrupt soldiers divert them to the cartels.

tony tedeschi

Yes of course the problem couldn't be the murderous scum drug lords that are destroying lives on both sides of the border, or the corrupt Mexican government that until recently did almost nothing to help the local police in Northern Mexico, it has to be the fault of Americans , if you hate America so much why are you here?

I'm gonna start another riot

Weapons of the Mexican army
FX-05 Mexican made assault rifle 5.56x45mm NATO round
Heckler & Koch G3 7.62 assault rifle, made under Heckler & Koch licence
HK21E 7.62 machine gun. Made under license from Heckler & Koch
Heckler & Koch MP5 9x19mm Sub-macine gun.
Heckler & Koch UMP 45 ACP (11.43x23mm) Sub-machine gun
FN P90 5.7x28mm Sub-Machine gun used by army special forces
Heckler & Koch G36 Used in limited numbers 5.56x45mm NATO round
MK 19 grenade launcher 40 mm .
Beretta 92 Service Pistol.
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and FN Minimi.
M-2 machine gun 12.7 mm .
Heckler & Koch MSG90 7.62x51mm NATO sniper rifle.
Barrett M82 .50 Caliber 12.7Ã—99mm NATO sniper rifle
Milkor MGL 40 mm grenade launcher
MILAN anti-tank missiles. (559 transferred from Qatar in 2006)[2]
B-300 82 mm light anti-tank rocket.
Blindicide 81 mm light anti-tank rocket.
M40 106 mm recoilless rifle over High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.
Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar
Mk 19 grenade launcher 40mm automatic granade launcher.
M1 Mortar and M29 Mortar (75 Mortar of 120 mm and 1,500 Mortars between 60 mm and 81 mm)
Mondragon Fusil M1908 7x57mm automatic rifle used in ceremonial activities.

Can't you just go in to any old gun shop in Arizona and buy a couple hundred grenades now can you?Needless to say those guys have plenty of full auto weaponry, including AK-47s from Hugo himself. I'm sure you can buy weapons from them as well as cocaine, and its a lot easier to just load them on the plane there than try to buy them one by one in the USA and smuggle them across the border.The Mexican gov't., our State Dept. and our ATF seem convinced that 90% of the guns come from stores in the U.S. but where is the documentation? Let's see a list of U.S.-purchased weapons recovered in Mexico: make, model, serial number, the name and location of the U.S. gunshop where it was purchased and the name of the individual who purchased it.
Cartels buy their arms from countries around the world, most any place where military weapons can be purchased on the black market, or from countries wishing to destabilize North America. They arm themselves from a worldwide black market of full auto military weapons including grenades, land mines and RPGs. They also "procure" their weapons from the less than savory from within the Mexican military.
Drug cartels buying semi-auto AR15 or AK rifles from U.S. gun dealers is viewed as a joke by Mexico's drug cartel, most Mexicans, and unfortunately by the Mexican government. The only people fooled by all the political rhetoric are Americans listening to the likes of Attorney General Eric Holder and other anti-gun politicians.

This is taking a Mexican problem, blaming the U.S. by turning it into a crisis in order further an agenda, and Eric Holder and President Obama knows it and they are taking advantage of it.

danrathersatitagain

There isn't a significant flow of guns from the US to Mexico. Drug money, yes. Guns, no.

dipstick

If you watched the news at all today, they proved most of the guns bought by cartels did not come from the U.S.

I think you said it best Tony, don't believe everything you read.

I never believed it for a minute anyway, media hype. Unless Mexico can PROVE most of the guns came from the U.S., which they have not, case is closed.

No proof, no case. 80% of the weapons confiscated my Mexico they would not turn over to the U.S. or give the serial numbers so they could be traced. BTW, you cannot buy full auto weapons in the U.S., those are the guns the cartels use.

Fletcher

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/04/02/myth-percent-guns-mexico-fraction-number-claimed/

Try again Tony.

Julio

you must be another brainwashed democrat,why is it always our fault when another country is in turmoil????and do you really think the u.s.is the only arms supplier.our only answer to this is to seal our southern border. being our border control cannot do this all by themselves i suggest strategically placing land mines thru out the region.

Sasori

Then I guess we need to blame MX for the illegal invasion.

The MX government is responsible for all the people coming over here.
Don't ever blame America or Americans again for making it easy or desirable for illegals to come to the US.

If Mx's problems are our fault, Americas problems are MXs fault.

Bush

uhhh, isnt it mexicos job to secure their borders and prevent bad stuff coming in?

Ida Slapter

Yes, I will always deny propaganda. They are getting these from the mexican military, which anyone with half a brain knows.

Gee, if only they had built that fence...

Dirty Martini's fav lover

Some people will deny it, specially the racists. They only want to create hate against minorities but they are the ones supplying the guns.
But with Mexicans, they are scared because they know that Mexicans and Latinos per se are strong and they are not going to allow Americans to control them easily. Americans are not so brave, they only behave like that when they are with their groups. Let them be alone and you'll see they are like puppies.

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