It touches recurrent /r/neolib themes: international trade, gun control, border control, and the current rationalization of the US intervention in Venezuela (and potentially other LATAM countries).
> “If those weapons are prevented from entering Mexico, these groups would not have the high-powered arms they use to carry out their criminal activities,” Ms. Sheinbaum said this month at a news conference.
This is a recurrent message from the Mexican authorities to divert from poor control of violence within their borders. And it’s an extremely weak one, the US supply line is only one of their many, drug smugglers are certainly capable of smuggling guns from other places (and they do), the US is just cheaper and convenient at the moment.
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It touches recurrent /r/neolib themes: international trade, gun control, border control, and the current rationalization of the US intervention in Venezuela (and potentially other LATAM countries).
[Link for the global poor](https://removepaywalls.com/www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/world/americas/mexico-us-guns-trafficking-cartels.html)
> “If those weapons are prevented from entering Mexico, these groups would not have the high-powered arms they use to carry out their criminal activities,” Ms. Sheinbaum said this month at a news conference.
This is a recurrent message from the Mexican authorities to divert from poor control of violence within their borders. And it’s an extremely weak one, the US supply line is only one of their many, drug smugglers are certainly capable of smuggling guns from other places (and they do), the US is just cheaper and convenient at the moment.