Chancellor meets with U.S. victims and activists against gun violence / @SRE_mx >>>

#SRE, #México .- Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente met yesterday with U.S. victims and activists against gun violence, led by Mr. John Lindsay-Poland, who coordinates the “Stop US Arms to Mexico” project.

The Secretary expressed his condolences to the victims of this scourge and reaffirmed Mexico’s commitment to stem the flow of firearms and the tragic consequences of their irresponsible sale.

He also emphasized the need to work on a more effective communication strategy to raise awareness of the negative impact of this phenomenon in the communities of both countries.

For their part, the group of victims and activists stressed that approximately 45,000 people are killed annually in the United States by firearms, that more than 1.3 million people have been injured by these same weapons since the ‘Sandy Hook’ massacre in December 2012, and that it is the same weapons, sold in the United States, that claim victims in both countries.

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