Mexico collects hundreds of firearms in Tabasco disarmament program
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In Tabasco, Mexico, residents voluntarily exchanged 447 firearms for cash between October 2024 and an unspecified date, according to Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretary of Gobernación.
Rodríguez announced the program, called Sí al desarme, sí a la paz (“Yes to disarmament, yes to peace”), during a press conference alongside President Claudia Sheinbaum. The exchange included 231 handguns, 160 long guns, 49,575 cartridges, 2,316 magazines, and 56 grenades.
The Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional and the Church collaborated with the government to promote the program across ten municipalities in Tabasco, a state in southeastern Mexico. Rodríguez also stated that the government has held 277 Journeys for Peace in Tabasco’s municipalities, which promote sports, culture, and art to strengthen community life. Additionally, authorities are building eight new Margarita Maza high schools, three telebachilleratos (distance learning high schools), and expanding one CBTIS vocational school in the state.
