who make a (literal) killing from supplying the cartels with weapons.
https://giffords.org/analysis/leaked-data-reveals-how-the-american-gun-industry-profits-from-cartel-violence-in-mexico/
"USA Today released a major story today revealing the US gun shops and smugglers responsible for nearly 80,000 firearms illegally trafficked into Mexico.
The “Sinaloa, CJNG, Del Norte and Gulf cartels [have] an insatiable appetite for American guns,” according to Alamdar Hamdani, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. According to the article:
"Despite efforts to stem the flow, these American firearms are smuggled south as part of the cycle of Latin-American narcotics headed north. The violence in Central America fueled, in part, by guns also has contributed to the migration crisis at the US border.”
USA Today’s analysis identifies a handful of gun dealers who are collectively responsible for more than 1,000 guns recovered in Mexico, including multiple big box retailers near the border. One gun store in Pearland, Texas, conducted more than $1 million in cash sales in 2019 and “sold six Barrett .50 caliber rifles to an unemployed American that were later recovered in the Mexican home of a high-level cartel leader.”
A handful of gun dealers are collectively responsible for more than 1,000 guns recovered in Mexico, including big box retailers near the border.
Such data is as troubling as it is rare. Why? The government keeps it secret. As USA Today explains, “Gun trace data is kept out of public view by a rider to a Congressional bill known as the ‘Tiahrt Amendment,’ passed in 2003 to shield gun shops from scrutiny.” ....(more)
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