Arizona’s guns are feeding the bloodshed in Mexico’s cartel war

2026-03-24 - 17:00

As Sinaloa’s conflict grinds on, firearms traced to recent US sales are increasingly linked to Arizona When war broke out within the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organisations, people hoped it would last just a few months. But more than a year and a half later it is still going, fuelled by a flow of firearms from the US – specifically from Arizona, which has surged past Texas to become the top source of guns seized in Mexico and traced to a recent US purchase. Continue reading...