{"id":59181,"date":"2025-01-08T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59181"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:45:52","slug":"mexico-offers-up-to-1300-for-voluntary-firearm-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/08\/mexico-offers-up-to-1300-for-voluntary-firearm-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Offers Up to $1,300 for Voluntary Firearm Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Mexican government has launched a firearm buyback program, offering up to $1,300 to individuals who voluntarily surrender weapons, including machine guns and assault rifles.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, part of a broader citizen disarmament strategy, aims to reduce violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>According to official details published on Monday, compensation varies based on the type of firearm: 8,700 pesos ($430) for a revolver, 25,000 pesos ($1,200) for an AK-47 rifle and 26,450 pesos ($1,300) for a machine gun.<\/p>\n<p>President Claudia Sheinbaum, promoting the program under the slogan \u201cYes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace,\u201d assured participants they would not face legal repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Weapons can be surrendered anonymously at designated collection points, including church lobbies, where individuals will receive economic compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum cited Mexico City\u2019s past success with similar programs in reducing firearm-related violence.<\/p>\n<p>The capital, home to nine million residents, has seen positive outcomes from previous disarmament efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative comes amid Mexico\u2019s ongoing battle with violent crime, largely driven by the illegal drug trade.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023 alone, there were 31,062 reported homicides, with firearms responsible for approximately 70% of the deaths, according to the National Statistics Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Mexico\u2019s strict gun laws, firearms remain widely available due to illegal trafficking from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The government continues to push for stronger measures to combat this cross-border arms flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Mexican government has launched a firearm buyback program, offering up to $1,300 to individuals who voluntarily surrender weapons, including machine guns and assault rifles. The initiative, part of a broader citizen disarmament strategy, aims to reduce violent crime. According to official details published on Monday, compensation varies based on the type [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59183,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59181\/revisions\/59183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}