Mexican drug cartels use hundreds of thousands of guns bought from licensed US gun shops – fueling violence in Mexico, drugs in the US and migration at the border

Our analysis also found:
– This flow of weapons is connected to the drug trade in the U.S. and is enabling increased gang violence in Mexico, causing more people to flee across the border.
– An increase in guns trafficked to Mexico from the U.S. is directly related to a significant increase in Mexico’s homicide rate.