Gun trafficking at the US-Mexico border
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English - February 19, 2020 10:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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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