The prolific trafficking of guns and weapons from the U.S. into Mexico is a significant and tragically overlooked issue in the war on drugs and the Mexican cartels. 

The easy access to a legal inventory of guns in Texas and other state and lucrative prices on the secondary market has flooded some Mexican border towns – including remarkably violent ones – with guns and weapons, which often make their way into the hands of criminals and Mexican cartels.  

In this Episode, we discuss some of the root causes of this gun trafficking problem, the involvement of Americans in the trafficking process, and recent interdiction efforts by a variety of American agencies.