2aguy
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Yep.....no matter how many laws you create to make sure that John and Jane Citizen can't own or carry guns.....actual criminals will get guns for crime and murder.....
European Gun Makers Are Quietly Supplying the Mexican Drug Wars
Companies in Italy, Belgium, and Romania are arming Mexican soldiers, cops, and cartels alike.
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ARES identified Romanian-made AKs at the Battle of Culiacán, and said an FN Herstal MINIMI light machine gun (Belgian), plus handguns from Beretta (Italian) and Glock (Austrian) were also spotted during the series of firefights that day.
From the safety of gleaming mansions in the foothills of the Italian Alps, government-owned munitions factories in Romania and Belgium, and boardrooms in Austria, Spain, Serbia, and the UK, Europe’s gun makers are reaping the bloody spoils of a catastrophic war on drugs, their weapons arming Mexican soldiers, cops and cartels alike.
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In 2018 alone, E.U. member states licensed €105m of arms exports to Mexico, according to the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). In the UK, £4.6m-worth have been green-lit since 2018, including licenses for small arms valued at £2.8m. While licensed exports might be perfectly legal, the dearth of end user controls means it’s impossible to say how many find their way into cartel armories.
“The European Union may talk tough on arms sales, but its member states have consistently put arms company profits ahead of human rights,” said CAAT’s Andrew Smith. “We’d welcome the introduction of post-delivery checks. If it’s proven that you keep losing guns, it makes it much harder to get new ones.”
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United Nations Comtrade data shows Italy persistently exporting more handguns to Mexico than the U.S.; it sent three times as many in 2018. And SEDENA data compiled by John Lindsay-Poland of Stop U.S. Arms to Mexicoshows that of 116,560 firearms recovered between 2010-2018, five European brands feature among the top 20 identifiable manufacturers, with Beretta leading the list of E.U. makes, though SEDENA's figures don't differentiate between guns entering via the States or direct from Europe.
Whichever route they take to Mexico—which ironically has one of the most restrictive gun policies in the world—we can be sure that European firms are profiting from the carnage.
European Gun Makers Are Quietly Supplying the Mexican Drug Wars
Companies in Italy, Belgium, and Romania are arming Mexican soldiers, cops, and cartels alike.
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ARES identified Romanian-made AKs at the Battle of Culiacán, and said an FN Herstal MINIMI light machine gun (Belgian), plus handguns from Beretta (Italian) and Glock (Austrian) were also spotted during the series of firefights that day.
From the safety of gleaming mansions in the foothills of the Italian Alps, government-owned munitions factories in Romania and Belgium, and boardrooms in Austria, Spain, Serbia, and the UK, Europe’s gun makers are reaping the bloody spoils of a catastrophic war on drugs, their weapons arming Mexican soldiers, cops and cartels alike.
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In 2018 alone, E.U. member states licensed €105m of arms exports to Mexico, according to the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). In the UK, £4.6m-worth have been green-lit since 2018, including licenses for small arms valued at £2.8m. While licensed exports might be perfectly legal, the dearth of end user controls means it’s impossible to say how many find their way into cartel armories.
“The European Union may talk tough on arms sales, but its member states have consistently put arms company profits ahead of human rights,” said CAAT’s Andrew Smith. “We’d welcome the introduction of post-delivery checks. If it’s proven that you keep losing guns, it makes it much harder to get new ones.”
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United Nations Comtrade data shows Italy persistently exporting more handguns to Mexico than the U.S.; it sent three times as many in 2018. And SEDENA data compiled by John Lindsay-Poland of Stop U.S. Arms to Mexicoshows that of 116,560 firearms recovered between 2010-2018, five European brands feature among the top 20 identifiable manufacturers, with Beretta leading the list of E.U. makes, though SEDENA's figures don't differentiate between guns entering via the States or direct from Europe.
Whichever route they take to Mexico—which ironically has one of the most restrictive gun policies in the world—we can be sure that European firms are profiting from the carnage.
