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Introduction
This report seeks to show the difficulties of accessing information in
Mexico and the United States on an issue that is of vital public
importance: the gun trade. There is wide consensus that both countries
face humanitarian crises, as a result of gun violence and the proliferation
and lack of civilian controls on weapons.
We conducted research over several years, through hundreds of public
records requests, reviewing thousands of pages of information related
to firearms that we have obtained from military, police and other
government agencies. In addition, we studied official firearms trade
information published by both nations’ governments, which we analyze
here.
Based on this research, we have formulated a set of recommendations
regarding the transparency that is needed to achieve public
accountability in both countries for the movement and control of
firearms, with the aim of making policy based on well-founded and
accurate evidence.
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México
Mexico never experienced such high levels of violence before the
military was deployed for law enforcement efforts in December 2006.
Since then, law enforcement has been plagued with serious human
rights violations. From 2006 to May 2021, Mexico has experienced
309,793 homicides, of which at least 59.2% were committed with a
firearm.
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According to Mexico’s Public Security Secretariat, 2019 was the
most violent year, with 20,716 gun homicides during the year.
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Executive Secretariat of the National System for Public Security (SESNSP). Datos Abiertos de Incidencia delictiva.
1997 a mayo 2021. (SESNSP. 20 de julio de 2021). Available at: https://www.gob.mx/sesnsp/acciones-y-
programas/datos-abiertos-de-incidencia-delictiva.
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Executive Secretariat of the National System for Public Security (SESNSP). Datos Abiertos de Incidencia delictiva.
State Crime Incidence Data, 2015- May 2021,(SESNSP. 20 de julio de 2021). Available at:
https://www.gob.mx/sesnsp/acciones-y-programas/datos-abiertos-de-incidencia-delictiva.
This report seeks
to show the
difficulties of
accessing
information in
Mexico and the
United States on an
issue that is of vital
public importance:
the gun trade
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