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to governments of each state in Mexico since 2006.
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SEDENA
responded that the information was classified, and we appealed the
denial. INAI overturned SEDENA’s denial and determined that
“to disclose the number and characteristics of firearms sold to states from 2006 to
2018 does not reveal police departments’ capacity of reaction, since the total number
of firearms acquired by the agency is not being disclosed,”
since
“among the firearms acquired there may be weapons that were already retired”
or distributed to other police agencies in the same state. “Such information lends
no certainty to the total number of firearms that [the police agencies] have
today.”
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It is clear that firearms acquired by Mexico, and specifically by the armed
forces and police, are taking human lives. They have been used at times
to incriminate and criminalize people, and they are a systematic and
generalized presence in the commission of serious human rights
violations. For these reasons, there should be greater visibility of the
paths these weapons take from their purchase to their end user and the
eventual uses these firearms may have.
Open Government Partnership
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international initiative
begun in 2011 composed of people from government, civil society,
private businesses, non-profit organizations, and others.
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Mexico and
the United States were among the founding countries. The OGP is based
on the idea that an open government “is more accessible, more
responsive, and more accountable to citizens, and that improving the
relationship between people and their government has long-term,
exponential benefits for everyone.”
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The OGP’s goal is to “promote a more open and horizontal model of
governance that implies a new logic of collaboration between citizens
and government authorities based on four principles: transparency,
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SEDENA, response to information request, Folio 0000700176018, October 6, 2018.
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INAI. Resolution RRA 0569-19 (February 20, 2019) pp. 29-30, regarding SEDENA, response to information
request, Folio 0000700176018.
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Open Government Partnership. About. (Open Government Partnership. 2021). At:
https://www.opengovpartnership.org
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Open Government Partnership. About. (Open Government Partnership. 2021). At:
https://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/approach/
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