Mexico faces off with U.S. gunmakers at the Supreme Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Mexico faces off with U.S. gunmakers at the Supreme Court

NPR  

Mexico faces off with U.S. gunmakers at the Supreme Court toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Trump says that Mexicans are invading the United States, but at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Mexico is arguing that American gun manufacturers are aiding and abetting an illegal invasion of guns from the United States into Mexico. Every transactions requires a federally mandated background check," he says, adding that Mexico is arguing that a "lawful distribution system that's approved under federal law…is aiding and abetting cartels." Mexico maintains that gushing pipeline of what it calls "crime guns" comes from the United States where manufacturers know which dealers are the bad actors. Sponsor Message "You can't hide behind the middleman and pretend like you don't know what's happening," says Lowy, Mexico's co-counsel.

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Supreme Court likely to block Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers
1 week, 4 days ago

Supreme Court likely to block Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers

India Today  

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard Mexico's case over demands to hold US gun makers liable for allegedly "aiding and abetting" the illicit flow of guns across the border. He argued that gun makers such as Smith & Wesson, Glock, and Colt knowingly let their weapons be distributed to the south of the US border. She said as per court …

Supreme Court seems likely to block Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers
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1 week, 5 days ago

Supreme Court seems likely to block Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the U.S. alleging the companies have fueled cartel gun violence. Both liberal and conservative justices appeared skeptical that the claims could clear hurdles in U.S. law that largely shield gun makers from lawsuits when their products are used in …

At the Supreme Court, justices are skeptical of Mexico's arguments against gunmakers
1 week, 5 days ago

At the Supreme Court, justices are skeptical of Mexico's arguments against gunmakers

NPR  

At the Supreme Court, justices are skeptical of Mexico's arguments against gunmakers toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images At the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, the justices seemed poised to throw out Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers for allegedly aiding and abetting the gushing pipeline of weapons from the U.S. to Mexican cartels. Sponsor Message Representing the industry in the Supreme …

Mexico tells Supreme Court that U.S. gun makers are to blame for heavily armed cartels
1 week, 5 days ago

Mexico tells Supreme Court that U.S. gun makers are to blame for heavily armed cartels

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento. But Mexico blames the United States and its gun makers for arming the drug cartels with high-powered, military-style rifles that cross the border from the north. “Mexico has one gun store in the entire nation, yet the nation is awash in guns,” lawyers …

Mexico prepares to appear before US Supreme Court in suit against gun manufacturers
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mexico prepares to appear before US Supreme Court in suit against gun manufacturers

CNN  

CNN — The legal team representing Mexico in a lawsuit against eight firearms manufacturers in the United States is preparing to argue part of their case before the US Supreme Court on March 4, according to Pablo Arrocha, legal consultant for the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A 2024 report from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found …

Mexico threatens to pursue legal actions against US gunmakers, accusing them of being accomplices of cartels
1 month ago

Mexico threatens to pursue legal actions against US gunmakers, accusing them of being accomplices of cartels

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have clashed over the proposed renaming of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. AP/Reuters Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a fresh warning to US gunmakers that they could face legal action as accomplices of organized crime if Washington designates the country’s cartels as terrorist groups. “If they declare these criminal …

Mexico threatens U.S. gunmakers with fresh legal action
1 month ago

Mexico threatens U.S. gunmakers with fresh legal action

Raw Story  

Mexico's president on Friday warned U.S. gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican cartels as terrorist groups. She said the US Justice Department itself has recognized that "74 percent of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that …

Mexico's gun crisis is our fault. Victims deserve their day in court
5 months, 1 week ago

Mexico's gun crisis is our fault. Victims deserve their day in court

LA Times  

When vigilantes and criminals face off in Mexico, both sides are armed with arsenals of U.S.-made military-style guns. The Supreme Court is back at work this week, and among the more important arguments the justices are set to hear is a lawsuit filed by the government of Mexico against American gun manufacturers. Opinion Opinion: The border crisis factor no one …

US federal judge again dismisses Mexico’s lawsuit against most gun manufacturers
7 months, 1 week ago

US federal judge again dismisses Mexico’s lawsuit against most gun manufacturers

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A U.S. federal judge in Massachusetts again dismissed a $10 billion Mexican government lawsuit against six U.S. gun manufacturers on Wednesday. However, the judge ruled that Mexico had not provided concrete evidence that any of the six companies’ activities in Massachusetts were connected to any suffering caused in Mexico by guns. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said Wednesday …

Mexico gun lawsuit: American guns pour South of the border, so Mexico is suing companies like Glock and Smith & Wesson.
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico gun lawsuit: American guns pour South of the border, so Mexico is suing companies like Glock and Smith & Wesson.

Slate  

I called up Champe Barton from over at the Trace to talk about a totally new way to think about gun control. But honestly, I can’t shake the very first thing he told me—a fact that seems to explain just how hard it is to prevent gun violence in the first place: “If you want to buy a gun in …

Opinion: The border crisis factor no one talks about: American guns
1 year ago

Opinion: The border crisis factor no one talks about: American guns

LA Times  

When President Biden and former President Trump visited Texas at the end of February, each spoke about migration and border security. One reason that American guns have such an outsized role in Mexican crime is because unlike the United States, Mexico has very strict gun laws. ” A year later, it filed another lawsuit against gun dealers in Arizona who …

Mexico demands investigation into U.S. military-grade weapons being used by drug cartels
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico demands investigation into U.S. military-grade weapons being used by drug cartels

LA Times  

Workers repair the entrance of City Hall in Villa Union, Mexico, in 2019 after a deadly gunbattle between cartel and security forces. Mexico wants an urgent investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, Mexico’s top diplomat said Monday. “The Defense Department has warned the United States about weapons entering Mexico …

Mexico complains to China about U.S. pressure over fentanyl
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico complains to China about U.S. pressure over fentanyl

LA Times  

Mexico’s president on Tuesday asked China for help in halting chemicals used by Mexican drug dealers to illegally produce fentanyl, while also complaining of U.S. pressure to curb the drug trade. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has previously said that fentanyl is the United States’ problem, caused by “a lack of hugs” in families. “Unjustly, they are blaming us for …

Blaming Mexico won't solve the fentanyl and gun crises
2 years ago

Blaming Mexico won't solve the fentanyl and gun crises

LA Times  

Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, met with the Los Angeles Times for more than an hour while visiting California in November. Instead of sending 300,000 college students to the U.S. like China does, Mexico is being trampled by those two giants: China funnels fentanyl through Mexico to the U.S. market, and the U.S. exports guns to Mexico so …

Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in US
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in US

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government filed another U.S. gun lawsuit Monday, this time against five U.S. gun shops and distributors it claims are responsible for the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. Ebrard promised last week the new lawsuit would target gun shops or dealers in U.S. border states who sell guns to “straw” purchasers who pass them on …

Mexico files new lawsuit against US gun dealers
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexico files new lawsuit against US gun dealers

Al Jazeera  

Mexico’s foreign minister accuses US companies of contributing to spread of illegal weapons, high homicide rates. Mexico has filed another lawsuit in the United States against US companies it says are fuelling a surge in homicides and the flow of illegal weapons into the country, the Mexican foreign minister announced. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said the new lawsuit targets …

US judge dismisses Mexico lawsuit against gun manufacturers
2 years, 5 months ago

US judge dismisses Mexico lawsuit against gun manufacturers

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing their commercial practices has led to bloodshed in Mexico. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston ruled Mexico’s claims did not overcome the broad protection provided to gun manufacturers by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed …

US judge dismisses Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit against gun makers
2 years, 5 months ago

US judge dismisses Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit against gun makers

Al Jazeera  

Mexico estimates that 2.2 percent of the nearly 40 million guns made annually in the US are smuggled across its border. A US judge has dismissed Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit that sought to hold US gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the flood of weapons that are smuggled across the United States-Mexico border to drug cartels. Saylor said federal law “unequivocally” bars …

US arms companies under pressure from Mexico lawsuit
2 years, 6 months ago

US arms companies under pressure from Mexico lawsuit

Al Jazeera  

As mass shootings continue in the US, does Mexico’s lawsuit against gun corporations have a chance? Shortly after the Uvalde shooting, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said it demonstrated “clear negligence on the part” of the gun industry in the US, as yet another case in which “a young man sold an assault weapon at the age of 18.” In his …

Revisiting Mexico’s lawsuit against US gun trafficking
2 years, 9 months ago

Revisiting Mexico’s lawsuit against US gun trafficking

Al Jazeera  

The Mexican government has filed a lawsuit to try to stop the flow of arms from the United States. Meanwhile, a patchwork of weak gun laws in the US, where gun trafficking is not a federal crime, affects Mexico. The Mexican government is taking an unusual tack to try to stop the flow of arms: they have filed a lawsuit. …

US gun companies are making a killing in Mexico
3 years ago

US gun companies are making a killing in Mexico

Al Jazeera  

In December, I flew from the Mexican state of Oaxaca – where I have been residing since the onset of the pandemic – to the US state of Kentucky, where my parents recently moved. And yet Mexico is hardly exempt from the fallout of US gun psychosis – pardon, “freedom”. Just across the US-Mexico frontier in the state of Texas, …

US states side with Mexican government in lawsuit against gun manufacturers
3 years, 1 month ago

US states side with Mexican government in lawsuit against gun manufacturers

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The US state attorneys general sided with Mexico this week, arguing that the PLCAA …

Op-Ed: For Mexico, taking a stand against gun trafficking is a moral imperative
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: For Mexico, taking a stand against gun trafficking is a moral imperative

LA Times  

Women at the front of a funeral procession in May 2018, in Apaseo El Alto, Mexico, carry a photo of Jose Remedios Aguirre, a mayoral candidate who was assassinated in broad daylight. We were recognized for Mexico’s ground-breaking lawsuit against major U.S. gun manufacturers and for taking “a novel approach to combat illicit weapons trafficking from the United States into …

Column: Don’t shield U.S. gun makers from liability for Mexico’s gun violence
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: Don’t shield U.S. gun makers from liability for Mexico’s gun violence

LA Times  

If it weren’t for U.S. gun companies supplying a steady stream of weapons for Mexico’s criminal organizations, my then-16-year-old cousin Diego might not have been kidnapped in 2015. Between 70% and 90% of guns found at crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S., including guns designed to appeal to the Mexican market such as a Colt.38-caliber pistol featuring an …

Mexico sues US gunmakers, but will it make a dent in trafficking?
3 years, 6 months ago

Mexico sues US gunmakers, but will it make a dent in trafficking?

Al Jazeera  

The Mexican government took the unprecedented step of filing a lawsuit against US-based gun manufacturers and distributors in an American court. “Once acquired either by gun traffickers or single individuals, guns are sold to the criminal groups intending to cross them into Mexico.” Zamayoa said “the easiest and cheapest way” to transport guns from the US to Mexico “is through …

Editorial: Good for Mexico for suing U.S. gun makers
3 years, 7 months ago

Editorial: Good for Mexico for suing U.S. gun makers

LA Times  

A line at the Martin B. Retting gun store in Culver City extends out the door and around the corner on a Sunday in 2020. The unlawful traffic across the southern U.S. border is not one-way, a fact driven home by the federal lawsuit filed this month by the Mexican government against a host of U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors. …

Mexico's Suit Against U.S. Gun Companies May Seek More Than A Court Win
3 years, 7 months ago

Mexico's Suit Against U.S. Gun Companies May Seek More Than A Court Win

NPR  

Mexico's Suit Against U.S. Gun Companies May Seek More Than A Court Win Enlarge this image toggle caption Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images MEXICO CITY — Hit men from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel rolled into a swanky Mexico City neighborhood on the morning of June 26, 2020, planning to assassinate the capital's police chief. …

Mexico sues US gun manufacturers over arms trafficking toll
3 years, 7 months ago

Mexico sues US gun manufacturers over arms trafficking toll

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government sued United States gun manufacturers and distributors Wednesday in U.S. federal court, arguing that their negligent and illegal commercial practices have unleashed tremendous bloodshed in Mexico. “We aren’t looking to change American laws.” Mexico did not seek the advice of the U.S. government on the matter, but advised the U.S. Embassy before filing the …

Mexico sues US gunmakers for role in trafficking and homicides
3 years, 7 months ago

Mexico sues US gunmakers for role in trafficking and homicides

Al Jazeera  

Mexico is seeking compensation for damages, which are estimated at as much as $10bn, officials said. The Mexican government sued United States gun manufacturers and distributors Wednesday in US federal court, arguing that their negligent and illegal commercial practices have unleashed tremendous bloodshed in Mexico. Alejandro Celorio, legal adviser for the ministry, told reporters Wednesday that the damage caused by …

‘All weapons we sell are from the US’: Smuggling guns into Mexico
4 years, 11 months ago

‘All weapons we sell are from the US’: Smuggling guns into Mexico

Al Jazeera  

A Mexican arms trafficker, a hitman, and the wife of a victim of gun violence talk about weapons brought in from the US. The Sinaloa drug cartel – one of the country’s largest and most powerful criminal organisations – took over the streets of the northern city of Culiacan with a devastating array of high powered weaponry. From machine guns …

At Mexico’s lone gun store, even the boss discourages sales
8 years, 6 months ago

At Mexico’s lone gun store, even the boss discourages sales

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — There’s just one place in all of Mexico where you can legally buy a gun. Legally getting your hands on one, however, requires clearing a series of bureaucratic hurdles far stricter than in the United States and, for many, travelling great distances to reach the country’s lone gun store. that they let us carry whatever caliber we …

Drugs, money and violence: The toll in Mexico
9 years, 1 month ago

Drugs, money and violence: The toll in Mexico

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A label on the chart in this story showing smuggled money seized has been updated to clarify that the data represents the total smuggled outbound currency seized at all ports of entry around the nation. CNN — Mexico is home to world-class museums, archaeological sites and cultural events – but in the past decade, drug cartel violence is …

Mexico Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan Says U.S. Guns Fuel Violence, Denies Mexico Is Infringing Upon Gun Rights
12 years, 9 months ago

Mexico Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan Says U.S. Guns Fuel Violence, Denies Mexico Is Infringing Upon Gun Rights

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON -- Mexico's U.S. ambassador rebuffed claims this week that the country's efforts to reduce the flow of guns from the U.S. to drug cartels in Mexico amounts to an attack on American gun ownership rights. During a Thursday Capitol Hill forum, Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and Rep. Adam Schiff said that those who oppose efforts to reinstate a ban on …

Lawmakers Rip Gun-Tracking Effort In Mexico
13 years, 8 months ago

Lawmakers Rip Gun-Tracking Effort In Mexico

NPR  

Lawmakers Rip Gun-Tracking Effort In Mexico Enlarge this image toggle caption Harry Hamburg/AP Harry Hamburg/AP The scandal is widening over a U.S. law enforcement operation that lost track of guns later discovered at crime scenes on the Southwest border. "In all these cases, when you're talking about straw buyers, or straw purchasers, you're talking about people who are very fungible," …

How Thousands Of U.S. Guns Fuel Crime In Mexico
14 years, 2 months ago

How Thousands Of U.S. Guns Fuel Crime In Mexico

NPR  

How Thousands Of U.S. Since 2006, more than 60,000 of the weapons used in Mexican crimes have been traced back to the U.S. For the past year, Washington Post reporter James Grimaldi and a team of Post reporters have been investigating the hidden life of guns, including how guns from the United States have ended up on Mexican streets. "What …

U.S. Flailing as American Guns Fuel Mexico's Drug War
14 years, 4 months ago

U.S. Flailing as American Guns Fuel Mexico's Drug War

Wired  

Last month, a pair of Mexican drug cartels got into a shootout - and killed 15 recovering addicts who happened to be working at a car wash nearby. DOJ's inspector general report knocks the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms effort to trace the guns and nab the weapons traffickers who are fueling Mexico's increasingly bloody and well-armed drug war …

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