Weapons purchased in Israel by authorities ended up in the hands of Mexican cartels, activists say.

At the end of 2020, the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights revealed which gunsmiths based in Europe and Israel exported thousands of weapons to the country for use by state and municipal police. However, their use has not been exclusive to security forces, but has also been used by organized crime groups in Mexico that use the borders to smuggle illegal weapons.

Activists point out that, in the context of the massacre in Gaza and growing international condemnation of the Israeli regime's war crimes and acts of genocide, the authorities should not purchase weapons from a flagship company of the Zionist regime's military-industrial complex.

Organized crime stole or repurchased weapons from police officers to use against them. Rifles, submachine guns, and handguns with high-precision Israeli technology have been found in recent years, in the hands of hitmen, in safe houses and warehouses, mainly in Mexican states where cartels control large areas.

Activists point out that it is worrying that the weapons available to organized crime have increased exponentially, and even more worrying that they originate from Israel, which is now playing a genocidal role in Palestine since the resumption of hostilities on October 7, 2023.

Lizeth Coello, Chiapas, Mexico.