Mexican Drug Violence Fueled by U.S. Guns

[1] “Calderon challenges U.S. to end gun trafficking, drug dependence,” Monsters and Critics, 20 May 2011, http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1557303.php/Calderon-challenges-US-to-end-gun-trafficking-drug-dependence

[2] Government Accountability Office, Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges (Washington D.C.: GAO, 2009), page 18.

[3] Colby Goodman and Michel Marizco, “U.S. Firearms Trafficking to Mexico: New Data and Insights Illuminate Key Trends and Challenges,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mexico Institute and University of San Diego Trans-Border Institute, Working Paper Series on U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation, September 2010, page 5, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/news/docs/U.S.%20Firearms%20Trafficking%20to%2Mexico-%20Goodman%20Final.pdf.

[4] “Mexican drug war deaths surpass 30,100,” CNN News, 17 December 2010. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-17/world/mexico.violence_1_drug-war-border-city-drug-related-violence?_s=PM:WORLD

[5] Government Accountability Office, Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges (Washington D.C.: GAO, 2009), page 17.

[6] Goodman and Marizco, page 10.

[7] Jerry Seper, “Obama faces Mexican drug war,” Washington Times, 2 January 2009, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/02/obama-faces-mexican-drug-war/

[8] Spencer S. Hsu, “Obama targets Mexican cartels,” The Washington Post, 16 April 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502045.html

[9] National Rifle Association – Institute for Legislative Action, “Gun Trafficking to Mexico: Already Against the Law,” 1 April 2009, http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=257&issue=015

[10] Dennis Wagner, “ATF Mexican gun-smuggling sting scrutinized,” The Arizona Republic, 5 March 2011, http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/03/05/20110305atf-mexican-gun-smuggling-sting-scrutinized.html

[11] James V. Grimaldi, “ATF’s tactics to end gun trafficking face a federal review,” The Washington Post, 9 March 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030901985.html.

[12] Ibid.

[13] Wagner, “ATF Mexican gun-smuggling sting scrutinized.”

[14] Grimaldi, “ATF’s tactics to end gun trafficking face a federal review.”

[15] Grimaldi, “ATF’s tactics to end gun trafficking face a federal review.”

[16] E. Eduardo Castillo, “Mexican Senate angry at reports U.S. let guns south,” Associated Press, 10 March 2011, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_us_guns

[17] William La Jeunesse, “Obama Administration Under Mounting Pressure for Botched Gun Trafficking Investigation,” Fox News, 28 March 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/28/obama-administration-mounting-pressure-botched-gun-trafficking-investigation/