Press Clips: “Slowing the Flow of Smuggled U.S. Guns Into Mexico”
On Thursday, May 31st, NDN/NPI held a forum with Congressman Adam Schiff of California and Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan, about tougher penalties against the illegal southbound flow of guns from the US into Mexico, a country where owning a gun of any kind is illegal. Below are a handful of press clips.
Janell Ross – Huffington Post Latino “Mexico Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan Says U.S. Guns Fuel Violence, Denies Mexico Is Infringing Upon Gun Rights”
Dan Freedman – San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle “Mexican ambassador calls 2nd Amendment fears 'gobbledygook'”
Jordy Yager – The Hill “Mexican official: Fast and Furious 'poisoned' public opinion of US”
Jaime Goldberg – Los Angeles Times “Mexico left in the dark on Fast and Furious, ambassador says”
Douglas Stalin - USA Today “Envoy: Mexicans upset over botched U.S. gunrunning scheme”
UPI- Envoy: "Mexico was not in gun-sting loop"
Notimex – “Impactan en México leyes laxas sobre armas: Sarukhán”
Diego Urdaneta Agence France-Presse “México espera fin de investigación de escándalo de armas en EEUU (embajador)”