Mexican security forces were outgunned by the Sinaloa Cartel in a bloody shootout in Culiacán last October. Al Jazeera's John Holman wanted to know exactly how the cartel acquired massive firepower in a country with strict gun laws. He sat down with members of the cartel to learn just how the guns are smuggled in from the U.S.

In this episode: John Holman (@johnholman100), Al Jazeera English journalist covering Latin America.

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