Mexican officials, in rare public criticism, are now venting their frustration at what they say is the U.S. The cartels are using trafficked weapons to kill record numbers of police officers - 464 in the first nine months of 2020 alone - and smaller armed groups are fueling historically high homicide rates.
That flood has been a key accelerant in the security crisis now confronting the country. In a country with just a single legal gun shop, on a military base in the capital, roughly 2.5 million illicit American guns have poured across the border in the past decade, according to a new Mexican government study. and Mexican efforts to curb arms trafficking, groups such as the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels are showcasing the military-grade weapons in slick propaganda videos and using them to defeat security forces in battle.
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