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U.S. Is a Vast Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels

nytimes.com
Feb. 25, 2009
The case against the owner of a Phoenix gun store offers a glimpse of how weapons delivered to American gun dealers are being moved into Mexico and wielded in horrific crimes.
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