US President Donald Trump has confiscated nearly 9,700 guns headed to Mexico since January 20, as US agencies are intensifying efforts to control cross -border gun trafficking, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobicus, Gifts and Explosives Bureau.
The Mexican President Claudia Shinebam told reporters in Mananara on Tuesday Trump asked Trump to smuggle weapons from the United States to Mexico, where they end up in the hands of powerful drug dealers Use them to commit killings and other crimes.
At a press conference last week, The ATF appreciated the uprising of seizures to pay attention to the removal of transnational criminal systems and cartels, which rely on more powerful weapons to protect and expand their influence.
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“The ATF is in the front row in the fight against the violence in connection with the organized gangs and the drug trafficking system,” said John Nocks, a special agent in charge of the ATF Louiswille field.
The Trump administration has insisted its post -January post. 20 results, the total number of guns captured in 2025 is even greater.
Credited reports for ATF data Sign up for 18,286 weapons confiscated in ATF operations across the United States from January 1 to the beginning of May 1 – although this figure includes all guns, not just for Mexico.
It is not available in public, referring to the accurate number of guns tied to Mexico, which ATF captured in 2024. Therefore, it is difficult to know if the number of 9,700 from January 20 is a record or any major increase.
A statement La Journaada released 2,000 weapons that went to Mexico in the first half of 2023, which was launched under the Piden administration in 2020, for a 66% increase in 2022, with a 66% increase in 2022.
Includes the strategy of Trump administration Hiring major Mexican Cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, An action by the authorities helps to seek severe punishment for prosecutors.
Shenbam called Trump’s “difficult line” on historic gun trafficking, and increased cooperation between Mexico and the United States.
In addition to the press conference in Kentucky’s Louiswill last week, ATF officials also participated in press conferences Columbus, Ohio And Nokolus, Arizona, “Announce the achievements in the Middle Ages of Outgoing Weapons” and “fighting for gun trafficking to Mexico”.
