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Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Sheinbaum tells Trump: stop illegal arms trade from the US to Mexico

guns on a white background with yellow caution tape in front of them
Seized guns in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on 8 August 2024. Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s description of Mexico as the “epicenter of violence”, by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking.

“There is something that the US can help us a lot with: stop the trafficking of illegal weapons from the US to Mexico,” the president of Mexico said. “If they stopped the entry of illegal weapons from the United States into Mexico, then these groups wouldn’t have access to this type of high-powered weaponry to carry out their criminal activities.”

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