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Hernándeza, Gerardo and Zulia Orozco Reynosoa. 2021 ‘Baja California, Regional Consequences of Arms Without Borders.’ Estudios Fronterizos, p. 14. Mexicali: Autonomous University of Baja California. 17 November

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In addition to the drop in firearms seizures in Mexico, illegal weapons have entered the country. In the 2009-2019 period, the SEDENA estimated the illegal entry of 2 012 573 firearms into the country.

This large number of weapons has necessarily impacted the consolidation of another of the non-governmental actors involved in the politics of gun control in the country, organized crime. This national situation also has impacted at a regional level, such as the northwest zone, specifically Baja California, which, according to the Mexico 2020 Peace Index, is the state that consecutively in 2019 and 2020 has been the least peaceful in the country.

[SEDENA = Secretary of National Defense]

ID: Q16099

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