Almost 70,000 guns recovered by the government of Mexico were traced back to the U.S. between 2007 and 2011, said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
The guns were submitted to the agency for tracing by the Mexican government and the trace data isn?t the result of a criminal investigation, or investigations, initiated by law enforcement in the U.S., said ATF.
Between calendar years 2007 and 2011 the Government of Mexico recovered and submitted more than 99,000 firearms to ATF for tracing, said the agency on April 26. Of those firearms, it said more than 68,000 were U.S.-sourced. It offered more detailed data on the traces on its Web site.
ATF?s data showed guns made or imported into the U.S. recovered in Mexico rose from 11,842 in 2007, to 14,504 in 2011. The number of rifles recovered spiked in 2008 when 11,457 were recovered, compared to 4,885 in 2007 and 8,804 in 2011.
?ATF said U.S.-sourced firearms are guns it determines to be manufactured in the U.S. or legally imported into the U.S. by a federal firearms licensee. Firearms tracing provides information on the movement of a firearm from its first sale by a manufacturer or importer through the distribution chain in an attempt to identify the first retail purchaser. This information provides investigative leads for criminal investigations, it said.
Since 2007, the agency said its trace data shows a trend in recovered and submitted crime guns from Mexico shifting from pistols and revolvers to rifles. According to the agency, law enforcement in Mexico now reports certain types of rifles, like the AK and AR variants with detachable magazines, are used more frequently to commit violent crime by drug trafficking organizations.
ATF is working with its law enforcement partners at every level and the Government of Mexico to keep firearms out of the hands of gang members and criminal enterprises. The Mexico trace data is the result of information provided by the Government of Mexico to ATF about crime guns recovered in Mexico and submitted for tracing.
ATF?s National Tracing Center (NTC) is the nation?s only crime gun tracing facility. The NTC provides critical information that assists domestic and international law enforcement agencies solve firearms crimes, detect firearms trafficking and identify trends with respect to intrastate, interstate and international movement of crime guns. The NTC traced more than 319,000 crime guns in calendar year 2011.
ATF said it also plans to release trace information for firearms recovered in Canada and the Caribbean and submitted to ATF for tracing between calendar years 2007 and 2011.
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