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Guns Bought in US 'Fuel All the Violence' in Mexican Drug Wars, Say Feds
21 May 2008
El Paso Times (Texas)
One of two men arrested in El Paso last week by ATF agents on charges of smuggling firearms into Mexico is to appear in federal court today.
In a six-count indictment, Mexican citizen and permanent legal resident Juan Carlos Meza and U.S. citizen Roberto Marquez are alleged to have taken part in a scheme to buy guns and rifles in El Paso and export them to Mexico, where they were purchased by someone who cannot legally purchase firearms in the United States.
The men... (GunPolicy.org)