Straw buyers have been easily purchasing thousands of fast-firing weapons on the American side to supply the cartels, which deal drugs back across the border.
Probably El Salvador is more of a sieve for the influx of guns than the United States is … The argument ends with: the United States does not supply the cartels with weapons".
The findings contradict gun rights groups' claims that foreign dealers are supplying the cartels' arms.
Some blame the 2004 repeal of the assault weapons ban in the United States, which supplied the cartels with military-grade firepower.
Data on cartels supply useful guidance on how to go about calculating these fines.
Mexico, from where cartels supply a range of drugs to lucrative US markets, has paid an extraordinary price for the illicit appetites of its rich neighbour.
Also with medical marijuana they basically made marijuana legal, but did not provide a legal way to purchase it and demand is much greater than supply, so the cartels business is booming.
He stunned the markets by adding that "there is no additional supply" because the cartel lacks spare capacity.
Saudi Arabia says that OPEC could help fill the gap in supply, but the cartel is unlikely to raise its output ceiling at its meeting next week.
"The idea that Jim Pruett's guns and ammo are supplying the drug cartels with weapons is totally unsound thinking," said Pruett.
Previous reporting by the Guardian and Vice News, among others, allege that some detention officials work in tandem with the country's extortion rackets and smuggling cartels, supplying them with migrants in exchange for a fee.
