
Law enforcement in Mexico and the United States are reporting a significant decrease in firearm seizures along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months.
Since Oct. 1—the start of fiscal year 2025 and the beginning of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized 437 firearms headed to Mexico. That marks a nearly 61% drop compared to the same period in fiscal year 2024, when agents stopped 1,110 firearms from crossing south.