U.S. guns used in crimes across the Americas every half hour: report
FEBRUARY 2, 2018 / 11:09 AM / A DAY AGO
Reuters Staff
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Guns from the United States have been used to commit crimes approximately once every 31 minutes across Mexico, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, a left-leaning U.S. policy group said on Friday.
The Washington-based Center for American Progress said that figure was based on analysis of U.S. government data that showed 50,133 guns recovered in criminal investigations across 15 countries between 2014 and 2016 originated in the United States.
The report, titled Beyond Our Borders, said weak U.S. laws were contributing to trafficking of firearms from the United States into countries suffering from violent gangs such as Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.
Mexico’s murder rate jumped to the highest in more than two decades of modern records last year, according to official government data issued last month.
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