Summary
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the nationwide “Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace” program.
The program offers cash to citizens who anonymously surrender firearms, including $430 for revolvers, $1,200 for AK-47s, and $1,300 for machine guns.
The weapons will be destroyed.
The program, expanded from a 2019 Mexico City initiative, aims to combat violent crime, with firearms responsible for 70% of Mexico’s 31,062 homicides in 2023.
The term is generally considered a firearm that can fire more than one shot with a single trigger pull. Its complicated and there is more nuance, especially if you are going by ATF definitions. But overall, that’s typically what they mean.