Most of Seized Weapons in Mexico Smuggled from U.S.
 Xinhua
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April 03, 2010
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About 95 percent of the weapons seized in Mexico last year were smuggled from the United States, the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP) said on Friday.
Edmundo Ramirez, secretary of the CNOP, said that Mexico seized 28,000 weapons in 2009, accounting for 10 percent of an estimated total of smuggled weaponry from the United States.
The Mexican National Defense Ministry said it estimated that more than 3 million cartridges entered the country in 2009, adding that the ministry seized more than 8,300 cartridges per day last year.
Some smugglers hired U.S. citizens to buy weapons, and southern U.S. gangs also frequently trafficked weapons to Mexico, Ramirez said.
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