U.S. guns, many of them exported legally, are flowing into Latin America in an 'iron river' ending in the hands of drug cartels and abusive security forces, activists said Monday, calling for greater oversight from U.S. law and federal agencies.
AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
"It's called the iron river and it's flooding countries to the south," Elizabeth Burke of U.S. non-profit Global Action on Gun Violence said at an event organized by the Center for American Progress in Washington. "Why would we be arming the very people that we say we are fighting?" he said, calling for more controls at the start of the supply chains.
U.S government figures show last year that income from legal firearm shipments to Latin America increased 8%, with most sales going to Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia.
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