A Mexican marine stands in front of different kinds of firearms, cocaine and military uniforms seized to alleged members of the Zetas drug traffickers cartel and presented to press on June 9, 2011 at the Navy Secretaryship in Mexico City. Fiven men were arrested and more than two hundred rifles, eleven pistols, military uniforms, differents caliber ammunitions and more than 200 kg of cocaine were seized in the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon States by the Navy. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
'Bloodshed in Mexico is being driven by US weapons,' says organized crime analyst

As notorious Mexican drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zamabada pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges in a US court, Bianna Golodryga speaks to David Mora, Senior Analyst for Mexico at the International Crisis Group, about how the violence that has engulfed Mexico after his capture is linked to US-manufactured guns.

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A Mexican marine stands in front of different kinds of firearms, cocaine and military uniforms seized to alleged members of the Zetas drug traffickers cartel and presented to press on June 9, 2011 at the Navy Secretaryship in Mexico City. Fiven men were arrested and more than two hundred rifles, eleven pistols, military uniforms, differents caliber ammunitions and more than 200 kg of cocaine were seized in the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon States by the Navy. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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