…rather than U.S. gun dealers. So saith the L.A. Times, not following the MSM script:
“Most of these weapons are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea….”
“These groups appear to be taking advantage of a robust global black market and porous borders, especially between Mexico and Guatemala….”
“The Mexican government said it has seized 2,239 grenades in the last two years….”
“The enhanced weaponry represents a wide sampling from the international arms bazaar, with grenades and launchers produced by U.S., South Korean, Israeli, Spanish or former Soviet bloc manufacturers. Many had been sold legally to governments, including Mexico’s, and then were diverted onto the black market. Some may be sold directly to the traffickers by corrupt elements of national armies, authorities and experts say.”
RTWT. h/t: this thread on Calguns.