| 1. Truckloads and millions of dollars in weapons are moved south to Mexico, supplying the Mexican drug cartels and turning parts of Mexico into war zones.(4)
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| 2. 80 percent of the weapons bought by drug traffickers are used to kill anyone who opposes them.(4)
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| 3.The U.S. Congres authorized spending 1.6 billion over the next three years to help Mexico and other countries counter the drug cartels; including 74 million to stop the flow of gun trafficking.(4)
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| 4. Texas is the number one source for weapons smuggled into Mexico, most come from Dallas and Houston.(4)
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| 5. Half of the 14,111 firearms recovered and traced in Texas came from either Houston or Dallas, according to a 2007 ATF report. Houston was No. 1 with about 3,820, and Dallas was close behind at 3,358 firearms.(4)
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