Mexico Launches Appeal in Suit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
By Reuters
| March 15, 2023, at 11:30 p.m.
By Sarah Morland
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has filed an appeal in a civil lawsuit against U.S.-based gun manufacturers, it said on Wednesday, as it looks to crack down on the trafficking of weapons to powerful drug cartels.
A U.S. judge in September dismissed the $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun makers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of deadly weapons across the border.
"A favorable decision in the court of appeals will allow the government to prove its case on the merits – that the gun manufacturers' marketing and distribution practices amount to actively facilitating the trafficking of their guns into Mexico," the government said in a statement.
"There is a correlation between the negligent practices of companies and the arms trafficking that leads to violence in Mexico, as well as other crimes such as human trafficking and drug trafficking," it added.
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