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Republican Challenges Report on US Guns Smuggled to Mexican Cartels
20 June 2009
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — A government audit of U.S. efforts to stop arms trafficking to Mexico was criticized Friday by a Republican lawmaker who said its conclusion that smuggled weapons from America were fueling the rise of violent Mexican drug cartels was based on incomplete data.
The report, released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, said that the United States lacked a coordinated strategy to stem the flow of smuggled weapons.
It listed a wide array of... (GunPolicy.org)