Gun Policy News (Central America) http://www.gunpolicy.org en-au Copyright 2010 GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:15:32 +1000 www.gunpolicy.org/contactus.php http://www.gunpolicy.org/templates/gunpolicy/images/logo.gif Daily gun news, small arms policy and firearm death and injury prevention news. http://www.gunpolicy.org 60 Feds Charge California Gun Shop Sold 7 Assault Rifles for Mexican Cartel http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33273 KCRA-TV News (Sacramento), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33273 Oklahoma Narcotics Officer Ran US-Mexico Gun Running Ring, Say Feds http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33168 Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33168 US Narcotics Agent Accused of Buying, Smuggling Assault Rifles to Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33142 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33142 Arizona Man Gets 4yrs Jail for Running US-Mexico Gun Trafficking Ring http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33141 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33141 Cross-border Traffickers Flourish as US Gun Lobby Holds Mexico Hostage http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33157 Washington Post, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33157 Teen Caught Crossing US-Mexico Border with 5 Machine Guns, Handguns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33056 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33056 Easy Access Makes US Guns Available to Criminals, Mexican Drug Lords http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32968 Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32968 Paraguay Dedicates World Cup Success to Top Scorer Shot in Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32943 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32943 Israeli Gun Dealer Indicted in US, Smuggling Bosnian AK-47s to Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Customs Seize 10 AK-47s, Ammo, Suspect Captured at US-Mexico Border http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32946 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Media release, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32946 More Guns = Less Crime, Mexican President 'Bold Faced Liar' Blaming US http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32870 Santa Monica Daily Press (California), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32870 Texas Lawmakers Aim to Relax Gun Control, Even as State Fuels Drug War http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32837 State Column (USA), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32837 Police Seize 147 AK-47s in Latest Texas-Mexico Gun Smuggling Bust http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32778 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32778 Mexican President Was Right in Saying US Should Ban Assault Weapons http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32779 Palm Beach Post (Florida), Column, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32779 Mexican President Arrogantly Repeats 'Lie' That US Guns Fuel Drug Wars http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32740 The Hill (Washington DC), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32740 Mexican President 'Lectures' US Congress, Calls for Assault Weapon Ban http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32727 National Journal (USA), Blog, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32727 Mexico Pleads With US Congress to Help Stanch Flow of Guns to Cartels http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32710 Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32710 Flow of US Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels Increasing Under Obama? http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32705 Newsweek (USA), Blog, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32705 'No Appetite' for Assault Weapon Ban in US-Mexico Gun Smuggling Talks http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32626 National Journal (Washington DC), Blog, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32626 Drug Violence Surges in Mexico Border City, 16 Killed in Mass Shootings http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32593 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32593 Chicago, Quebec Mayors Approach World Court to Reform US Gun Industry http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32602 Chicago Sun-Times, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32602 'Sophisticated' Texas Gun Runners Smuggle Weapons to Mexican Cartels http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32495 El Paso Times (Texas), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32495 Shootings Kill Mexican Border City, American Guns Fuel Drug Cartel Wars http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32369 Washington Post, Editorial, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32369 Hail of Assault-weapon Bullets Kills 8 Youths at Party In Western Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32333 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32333 Tennessee Gun Collector, Drug Dealer Blows Whistle on US-Mexico Trade http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32313 Scripps Howard News Service (USA), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32313 LA Dodgers' Padilla Laughs Off Unintentional Gunshot Wound to His Leg http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32165 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32165 Texas Gang Smuggled 340 Guns from Houston to Mexican Drug Cartels http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32154 CNN, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32154 Feds Say 300,000 Illegal Guns a Year Cross US-Mexico Border [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32142 Excelsior (Mexico City), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32142 Climate of Insecurity Prompts More Guatemalan Women to Carry Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32114 Tico Times (Costa Rica), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32114 Michigan Man Caught Smuggling Assault Weapons from Texas to Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32043 NBC-25 TV News (Michigan), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32043 Hitmen Shoot, Kill 13 Students at Party in Mexico's Deadliest Drug Town http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32031 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32031 Military Audits Armouries as Assault Weapons Leak to Crime in El Salvador http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31989 La Prensa Gráfica (El Salvador), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31989 Latin America to Test US Gun-Tracking System http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31783 USA Today, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31783 Texan Mayor Escapes Mexican Restaurant Shooting, One Woman Killed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31723 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31723 Mexican Drug Cartel Shoots Family of Military Man in Revenge for Raid http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31721 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31721 6 Bodies Found, Evidence of Mass Shooting with Assault Rifles in Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31685 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31685 Ban Guns to Curb Injury, Death in El Salvador - Health Minister [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31882 Noticias (El Salvador), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31882 Prosecutors Vow to Stem Flood of US-Mexico Border Gun Smuggling http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31554 Latin American Herald Tribune (Caracas) / EFE, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31554 Mexico-US Gun Traffic Exposed as Feds Visit 1100 Licensed Gun Dealers http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31589 Government Executive (USA), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31589 Gun Owners in Honduras Obliged to Hand in Firearms During Elections http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31511 Deutsche Presse-Agentur, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31511 Washington State Gun Show Dealers Feed Weapons to Mexican Cartels http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31491 Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31491 Bush Aide Recommends US Assault Rifle Ban to Slow Mexican Drug War http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31484 Washington Times, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31484 Mexico Border Control Task Force Seeks US Ban on Assault Weapons http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31465 Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31465 Latin America Plagued by Glut of Guns, Homicide, Armed Crime: Report http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31457 United Press International, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31457 Police Find Abandoned, Loaded AK-47 in King's Park, Belize City http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31397 7 News Belize, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31397 600 Seized Guns Just a 'Tiny Fraction' of US-Mexico Cartel Weapon Flow http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31393 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31393 350 Women Murdered with Guns in Guatemala in 8 Months [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31679 Servicio de Noticias de la Mujer de Latinoamérica y el Caribe - SEMlac (Peru), Web page, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31679 Firearm Registration Permits String of US-Mexico Gun Running Arrests http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31371 Las Vegas Sun (Nevada), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31371