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Discover how you can support local organic farmers at o v. coop slash ethically sourced. What role do guns from the United States play in the ongoing crisis of violence in Mexico?

At least 70% of firearms found in crime scenes in Mexico can be traced to the US.

That's according to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and

Explosives.

Two hundred fifty thousand people cross the southern border in the U.S. in December of last year,

the majority of those people were from Mexico.

Reuters pulled survey data from the Kino Border Initiative,

that's a large migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico,

and that data suggests that violence and not economic factors are forcing many families to leave Mexico.

How can understanding the violence in Mexico help us understand the migrant crisis and what work is being done to stop the flow of guns into Mexico?

We get into those questions and more after the break. I'm Jen White. You're

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