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flag Mexican President launches campaign offering cash for surrendered guns to reduce violence.

flag Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum launched a campaign called "Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace" to reduce street violence by offering cash incentives for the anonymous surrender of firearms. flag Gun owners can receive up to 26,450 pesos ($1,300) for machine guns and other weapons, which will be destroyed. flag The initiative, previously successful in Mexico City since 2019, aims to curb the country's high rate of violent crime, with 70% of the 31,062 homicides in 2023 involving firearms.

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