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| Texas Guns, Mexican Murders: An Interactive Map Of Gun Purchases And Cartel Killings |
| 2011-07-10 |
| This interactive map is based on documents amassed by reporter Dan Freedman for his story Smuggled Guns: the Bigger the Better, which ran May 29 in the Houston Chronicle. Freedman surveyed 44 gun trafficking cases involving 165 defendants in U.S. jurisdictions along the border. From U.S. court documents, Freedman extracted a list of 1,600 guns by brand name. All were weapons purchased in the Southwest for transit to Mexico and that nation's violent drug cartels. Most of the weapons were either sent to Mexico or intercepted en route. The map, prepared by reporter-researcher Will Tucker, breaks down each purchase documented in the court indictments and criminal complaints and, if known, shows where in Mexico the weapons ended up. With the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious now in the headlines, Texas on the Potomac is pleased to present the survey data in an interactive format that allows readers to view and comment. Deserving of the credit: This presentation was done by Will Tucker, interning for the Houston Chronicle Washington, D.C. bureau. A rising junior at the University of Alabama, Will works as the Assistant Managing Editor at the UA student newspaper, the Crimson White, and is majoring in international relations. |
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