American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels
Steady2 outlets reported this in 3 reports over 2 days
Sat, 3 October 2026peak 2 reports on Sat, 3 October 2026Fri, 16 October 2026
What it is about
American High School StudentsCartelsArizonaMexicoTeenagersMexican criminal groupsJohn Lindsay-PolandStop US Arms to MexicoMaricopa CountySinaloaSonora
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
NYT World
El Pais English
3 Oct, 09:00over 13 days16 Oct, 12:53
How it spread - 3 original reports
Sat, 3 October 2026
2 reports- NYT World09:00first to report
Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.
- NYT World09:00
Our reporting revealed how Mexican criminal groups are relying on teenagers and young adults in border states like Arizona to help supply their weapons.
Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- El Pais English12:53
John Lindsay-Poland of Stop US Arms to Mexico says the region’s dense concentration of gun stores, combined with the war in Sinaloa, has fueled a growing flow of weapons through Sonora