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More than 68 percent of the weapons recovered at Mexican crime scenes over a five-year period were traced to U.S. manufacturers or U.S. dealers who import firearms, according to statistics of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Between 2007 and 2011, Mexican law enforcement submitted 99,691requests to the ATF for tracing, and 68,161 [...]
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A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to more than four years in a federal prison for gun-smuggling today. Ricardo Montalvo, 28, pled guilty to the charges in August and was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones to 51 months in a low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Bastrop, Texas. He will also [...] El Paso County Sheriff’s Strike Team members recovered a stolen firearm and arrested a man who was attempting to sell it, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Humberto Martinez, 31, was arrested Monday by Strike Team members, who were following up on information that a man was attempting to sell a handgun at two locations. Deputies said [...] Prompted by victims of violence in Mexico, the City Council on Tuesday approved — not without debate — a resolution calling for the endorsement of a voluntary code of conduct for firearm sales. The resolution, which also called for a discussion on the country’s drug policies and prioritizing human rights in U.S.-Mexico collaborations, was a [...] El Paso has become an important firearms-smuggling center for the Sinaloa drug cartel, which is engaged in an ongoing battle against its rivals in Juárez and Mexico, according to a new U.S. congressional report on Operation Fast and Furious. The May 3 report issued by the U.S. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the [...] The family of Jabin Bogan, the Irving truck driver jailed in Mexico, is growing more anxious about his welfare as the days pass. “I want my son home! Please, let my child go,” pleaded his mother, Aletha Smith, at a rally she helped organize at Victory Park Saturday afternoon hoping to convince Mexican authorities to [...] The Pentagon began flying military helicopters and surveillance planes over the U.S. border with Mexico last month as part of an effort to withdraw all but 300 of the National Guard ground troops who have helped patrol the rugged border since mid-2010. The 19-month deployment of 1, page 200 National Guard troops on the southwest [...] |
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