He says they have ` ` unlimited access to high - powered weapons '' He stops before a new sign in Ciudad Victoria that says , ` ` NO MORE WEAPONS '' Speaking in Ciudad Juarez , the border city across from El Paso , Texas , that has become Mexico 's murder capital , Calderon said a dramatic increase in violence in Mexico was directly connected with the 2004 expiration of the U.S. assault weapons ban . The president says Mexico needs international help to stop the attacks .
He says they have ` ` unlimited access to high - powered weapons '' He stops before a new sign in Ciudad Victoria that says , ` ` NO MORE WEAPONS '' The president says Mexico needs international help to stop the attacks .