Where the Guns Go: US Guns and Homicides in Mexico

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1 Where the Guns Go: US Guns and Homicides in Mexico Image from Ciudad Juarez Public Fast, January 2011 John Lindsay-Poland, Stop US Arms to Mexico

2 About 180,000 cars and trucks cross from the United States to Mexico every day.

3 Prohibited but Easy

4 Veteran Arms <- (around corner) Gun dealers In Nogales Desert Firearms Builds guns Up road ->

5 70% of guns traced from crime scenes in Mexico originate in U.S.

6 Source: ATF leaked database

7 Source: ATF leaked database

8 Source: ATF leaked database

9 Source: ATF leaked database

10 Source: ATF leaked database

11 Homicides in Mexico by Firearms vs. Other Means, ,000 20,000 Other Homicides Gun Homicides 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Source: Execu0ve Secretary of the Na0onal System of Public Security (Mexico), Criminal Sta0s0cs (SESNSP)

12 Merida Initiative or Plan Mexico or Military/police aid to Mexico Begins First includes aid to Central America; now only Mexico, but excludes DOD, DHS aid

14 Source: securityassistance.org

15 US#Arms#Deals#to#Mexico# # 2012# 2014# 2015# 2016# # $300,000,000# $250,000,000# $200,000,000# $150,000,000# $100,000,000# $50,000,000# $0# Aircra.# Armored# vehicles# Aircra.# Humvees# Blackhawks# Helicopters# Firearms# Helicopters# Rifles#&# pistols# Aircra.# Aircra.# Machine# guns,# grenade# launchers# Riflescopes# Aircra.# Sources: Defense Security CooperaMon Agency; US State Department

17 Mexico has more gun homicides this year than in any year on record. Map: Diego Valle Data: SESNSP

18 US Firearm Exports to LaCn American Countries in 2016 $50,000,000 $45,000,000 $40,000,000 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, usatrade.census.gov

19 Colt Industries Produces AR-15 assault rifle, exported to Mexico. Used by Iguala Police who participated in Ayotzinapa disappearances.

20 Executions in Tanhuato, Michoacán CNDH: Five of 22 from Blackhawk helicopter of Federal Police

21 Dillon Aero, M134DH, Gatling Gun Made in Scottsdale, Arizona Delivered in 2013 and Fires 125 rounds/second

$50,000,000 Guns, ammuni?on, parts, explosives sold by U.S.

Explosives $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 Gun Parts $10,000,000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Military firearms Gun parts Ammuni?

22 $50,000,000 Guns, ammuni?on, parts, explosives sold by U.S. to Mexico, $45,000,000 $40,000,000 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 Ammo, Explosives $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 Gun Parts $10,000,000 $5,000,000 Military Firearms $ Military firearms Gun parts Ammuni?on, bombs Pistols, revolvers Rifles, shotguns Other weapons Bayonets, knives, etc. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

23 Sig Sauer: New Hampshire / Germany

24 Mexican Army is sole distributor of firearms to federal, state, local police and private parties.

25 End Users of Sig Sauer Guns: Police in 19 States Mexican States to which SEDENA Sold Sig Sauer Firearms, Estado de México Michoacán Hidalgo Ciudad de México Querétaro Tamaulipas San Luis Potosí Zacatecas Baja California Chihuahua Yucatán Sinaloa Morelos Tlaxcala Tabasco Quintana Roo Nuevo León Veracruz Sonora ,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Number of firearms Source: SEDENA

26 Source: ATF

27 Sources: ATF; US Census Bureau

28 New Hampshire was major exporter of guns to Mexico in Sources: ATF; US Census Bureau

29 Sig Sauer was leading exporter to all namons of pistols from NH, Sources: ATF; US Census Bureau

30 Laredo, TX is major port for expormng ammo to Mexico. Sources: US Census Bureau; SEDENA (Mexican Army)

31 AM General produces Humvee armored vehicles: 2,200 sold to Mexican Army in 2014 for $245 million Delivery of Humvees by rail, 2015, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Photo: El Manana

32 Source: SEDENA (Mexican Army)

33 Sources: SEDENA (Mexican Army); Secretario EjecuMvo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública

34 Useful frameworks Germany s arms export controls Leahy prohibitions on military and police assistance Limits on U.S. assault weapons market (California assault weapons ban)

35 What next? Suspend licenses : Exclude units that violate human rights and collaborate with organized crime Stop transfer of firearms export licenses from State Dept. to Commerce Dept.

36 Voluntary Disarmament: Gun Turn-ins 59,355 firearms in Mexico were turned in,

37 Strategies: Make visible human cost of weapons: Tours, advocacy, videos, testimony of victims (especially in border states, DC)

38 More strategies Research to idenmfy end users of weapons. Strengthen border state enforcement (including parts and ammo)

39 More Strategies: December 6-8 in Washington: Mobilize to Defense Trade Advisory Group Collaborate on research (4 pm workshop) Monitor/Identify weapons used in crimes Press Germany re Sig Sauer exports Work with Congressional allies

InformaHon Sources American Friends Service CommiMee: afsc.org/stoparms Desarma México: desarmamexico.org Forum on Arms Trade: forumarmstrade.

40 InformaHon Sources American Friends Service CommiMee: afsc.org/stoparms Desarma México: desarmamexico.org Forum on Arms Trade: forumarmstrade.org Security Assistance Monitor: securityassistance.org U.S. firearms export data: usatrade.census.gov Contact: John Lindsay-Poland,

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