The World from PRX

New initiative aims to halt weapons flow from US sellers to Mexican cartels

Full Episode
52:06

A man shows a gun to be exchanged for cash during the “Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace” program’s launch ceremony, in which people voluntarily hand in their weapons, ammunition or explosives for money in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 10, 2025.

Eduardo Verdugo/AP/File photo

Mexico and the US have launched a new bilateral initiative aimed at disrupting the stream of illicit weapons across their shared border. Also, US President Donald Trump meets with Israel’s prime minister in Washington for the fourth time in eight months to discuss a ceasefire deal in Gaza. And, Moldova’s pro-European party secures a resounding victory in the country’s parliamentary elections over a bloc of pro-Russia parties. Plus, Italy and Austria hit a major milestone in building the world’s longest underground railway located deep beneath the Alps.

Listen to today’s Music Heard on Air.

In This Episode

‘Promising’ new initiative to halt weapons flow from US sellers to Mexican cartels
7:18
Chile sees another floral bloom in ‘flowering desert’ national park
5:08
Falcon wins New Zealand’s bird of the year
0:41
Almost two years after Oct. 7 attack, Trump pushes for a ceasefire plan in Gaza
4:10
World’s longest underground rail tunnel in the Alps nears completion
Special Coverage
3:56
Moldova votes for Europe, not Moscow
6:35
A new series from NOVA traces how Homo sapiens survived, while other species died
10:37
‘I Spy’: How a prisoner swap helped end decades of tensions between the US and Cuba
7:37