New Information Comes to Light Regarding Iron Pipeline

The Iron Pipeline – or Iron River – is how the flow of guns from the United States to Mexico is often described by some in the mainstream media, as well as those in high-ranking positions in the Mexican government. The picture is being painted by both parties is that most of the guns in the hands of Mexican criminals are from the United States. This has been debunked many times, but it keeps coming round and round. The Texas Tribune asks this very question in a new feature article:

“Is an ‘iron river’ of weapons flowing south from Texas to Mexico, as U.S. officials claim? Or is that nothing more than a fiction promulgated by a corrupt Mexican government that skews statistics to deflect responsibility?”

The article offers a mostly unbiased look at both sides of the issue, and given that recent reports are talking about “grenades” and “grenade launchers,” can anyone really believe this is about straw purchases being made in Austin and Houston?