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Official calls on U.S. to stop flow of guns

Mexico’s attorney general on Wednesday demanded that U.S. authorities do more to stop guns and drug money from heading south and fueling the drug violence in Mexico that left more 2,000 dead last year.

Eduardo Medina Mora told a business forum that the majority of arms used by drug cartels are smuggled from the U.S.

“It’s truly absurd that a person can get together 50 to 100 high-powered arms, grenade launchers, fragmentation grenades, and can transport this cargo to our country,” Medina Mora said. “It’s a task that needs a much more decided and determined effort from the U.S. government.”

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Items compiled from Tribune news services.