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- Eighty percent of weapons seized from Mexican cartels originate in the United States, per Mexico's Defence Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo.
- Following the death of drug lord El Mencho, violence erupted, resulting in 62 deaths.
- Mexican authorities have seized 23,000 weapons since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office.
- Mexico has filed lawsuits against US gun manufacturers.
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has seized only 3% of trafficked firearms.
