High-Level Meeting on Organized Crime Ends in Mexico
Mexico, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Violence in Mexico is proportional to the increase in illegal arms from the United States, President Felipe Calderon assured at the High-Level Hemispheric Meeting against Transnational Organized Crime, which ends on Friday.
At the opening session on Thursday, attended by law-enforcement representatives from the member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) and other countries invited as observers, Calderon stressed that there are about 8,000 gunsmith's shops on border territories.
He said that Mexico has seized more than 140,000 firearms, 84,000 of which were assault rifles, and about ten million rounds of ammunitions, over the past five years.
The meeting, held at the headquarters of the Foreign Affairs Secretariat, was aimed at opening dialogue to foster the exchange of experiences and coordination of common policies and strategies to deal successfully with organized crime, said Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.
She added that criminal organizations operating between and within our borders pose a contant threat to citizen's security, an obstacle to economic growth and social development and a daily affront to legal order in our societies.
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At the opening session on Thursday, attended by law-enforcement representatives from the member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) and other countries invited as observers, Calderon stressed that there are about 8,000 gunsmith's shops on border territories.
He said that Mexico has seized more than 140,000 firearms, 84,000 of which were assault rifles, and about ten million rounds of ammunitions, over the past five years.
The meeting, held at the headquarters of the Foreign Affairs Secretariat, was aimed at opening dialogue to foster the exchange of experiences and coordination of common policies and strategies to deal successfully with organized crime, said Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.
She added that criminal organizations operating between and within our borders pose a contant threat to citizen's security, an obstacle to economic growth and social development and a daily affront to legal order in our societies.
Full Story(Prensa Latina News)
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