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February 18, 2012 in Nation/World
Mexico asks U.S. to stop flow of guns
Mexican President Felipe Calderon speaks about gun control near the U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Thursday.
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Felipe Calderon used a two-day visit to the violent city of Ciudad Juarez to deliver a pointed message to the United States. Standing a stone’s throw from the U.S.-Mexico border, and flanked by some of his government’s top security officials, Calderon switched to English to say, “No more weapons!”
“Dear friends of the United States,” he continued in English. “Mexico needs your help to stop this terrible violence we are suffering.”
Driving home the point, the president unveiled a dramatic billboard in which the words “No more weapons” were formed by 3 tons of seized guns, melted and chopped up like so many building blocks.
The Mexican government has repeatedly urged U.S. officials to take stronger steps to stop the flow of military-caliber guns southward into Mexico, including a call to revive the assault-weapon ban that expired during the last Bush administration.
Revelations that hundreds of weapons also came into Mexico as part of the so-called Fast and Furious operation, courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, only exacerbated the problem.
Calderon was in Ciudad Juarez, the deadliest city in Mexico, to assess government efforts to stem the violence.
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Dazzeetrader11 on February 18 at 2:43 a.m.
TELL Obama and Holder.
idahocity on February 18 at 6:49 a.m.
holder and the whole crooked mexican system where you bribe the right person and you can buy whatever you like.
greyhound2 on February 18 at 8:22 a.m.
The US should stop exorting its guns, and Mexico should stop exporting its poverty.
Dr_Dachshund on February 18 at 8:34 a.m.
The trouble is that even if the US does stop the flow of guns, all the drug cartels will do is switch suppliers. They’ll go to China or Russia to satisfy their hunger for guns.
In the end, the violence will keep perpetuating until there’s a clear winner! And, right now, it looks like the cartels are winning! :/
Orphan on February 18 at 8:44 a.m.
Gee Mr. Calderon are you telling us that you can not control your criminals. We all know you cant control the drug flow in your country because we are suffering a lot more here in the US because of the drugs that come from your country than your country will ever suffer from gun violence.
If you can’t control your criminals and drugs and they are causing so much damage in our country we will be glad to annex your country and straighten it out for you of course it will cost Mexico.
Mr. Calderon if you had drug trafficking under control within the boarders of Mexico there would be no gun problem. You sir have the cart ahead of the horse.
Typical politician I have a problem I can’t solve so I will blame something else.
greyhound2 on February 18 at 10:54 a.m.
Orphan,
Please don’t threaten to annex Mexico. You would end up with even bigger cesspool and quagmire than Afganistan.
Orphan on February 18 at 11:56 a.m.
Greyhound2 Good point.
I was thinking more on a temp basis just long enough for a redo.
Mexico is more of a threat to our citizens than all of the middle east put together IMHO.
Legalize & tax pot and most of the gun problems go away.
DickAdams on February 18 at 4:39 p.m.
I`m wondering if Mr. Calderon approached Eric Holder regarding his involvement furnishing guns to the drug cartel before the photo-op?