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Security & Strategic Review - July 2017 (ISSN 1741-4202)
Mexico: Gun returns on the way down
It is not the easiest word to pronounce or to translate, but ‘depistolización’, or de-pistolisation, is falling in Mexico, which may reflect growing concern over levels of crime and personal security. The programme, originally launched by the national government in 2001, was designed to encourage citizens to hand in pistols and other weapons, exchanging them for cash or for electro-domestic appliances. But it looks as if the population at large is no longer that interested in swapping, and prefers to hang on to its guns.
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- Brazil: Rio de Janeiro police force expels ‘traitors’
- Region: Looking for solutions to grand corruption problems
- Argentina: Major cocaine seizure in Santiago del Estero
- Nicaragua: Gov’t claims more security progress
- Guyana: Another fire highlights Guyana prison crisis
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