The first lawsuit, against manufacturers, was thrown out. This one is against dealers and distributors. I think it’ll fare no better, but you never know. In any case, most of the weapons the cartels have are stolen from the Mexican military, or sold to them by corrupt people in the Mexican military. You don’t buy M2, M240, M4 & automatic AK machineguns at the local gun store<\/p>\n
Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in US<\/a><\/p>\n MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n Mexico\u2019s first lawsuit, which was recently dismissed, targeted U.S. gun manufacturers. The second, which Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said was filed in Arizona\u2019s federal district court Monday, targets gun dealers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are suing them because clearly there is a pattern, we contend that it is obvious that there is weapons trafficking and that it is known that these guns are going to our country,\u201d Ebrard said.<\/p>\n Ebrard promised last week the new lawsuit would target gun shops or dealers in U.S. border states who sell guns to \u201cstraw\u201d purchasers who pass them on to smugglers, who then take the weapons into Mexico.<\/p>\n Mexico is suing for unspecified monetary damages and to demand the gun stores hire independent monitors to ensure that U.S. federal laws are followed in gun purchases.<\/p>\n Alejandro Celorio Alc\u00e1ntara, the legal adviser to Mexico\u2019s Foreign Relations Department, said Mexico had chosen \u201cthe five worst stores\u201d to name in the lawsuit, including three gun outlets in Tucson, one in Phoenix and one in Yuma, Arizona.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are not careful when they sell products, so they allow straw purchasers to buy guns,\u201d said Celorio Alc\u00e1ntara, adding they sold multiple guns, multiple times to some purchasers. \u201cWe are saying they are negligent and facilitate straw purchasers, to the point of being accomplices.\u201d<\/p>\n He claimed that U.S. criminal investigations had traced weapons purchases back to the stores, and said there was evidence that the shops had not filed required information on some purchases.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main argument of our lawsuit is that these businesses are an organized part of a criminal enterprise, a mechanism, to facilitate criminals and cartels in Mexico being able to use their weapons,\u201d said Celorio Alc\u00e1ntara.<\/p>\n He said the first hearing on the suit might not come until the summer.<\/p>\n Ebrard said about 60% of the weapons seized in Mexico in recent years were believed to have been sold in 10 U.S. counties, mostly along the border. Mexico has very strict restrictions on weapon possession, but drug cartel violence has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in the country in recent years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are going to show that many of these outlets where they sell these products in these counties I mentioned, are dealing with straw purchasers, and criminal charges have to be brought,\u201d Ebrard said last week in an appearance before the Mexican Senate.<\/p>\n A recently enacted U.S. law defines straw purchasing as a crime, and sets out sentences of as much as 15 to 25 years if the offense is related to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n Celorio Alc\u00e1ntara said that was a key difference between this and Mexico\u2019s earlier lawsuit: in the Arizona suit, Mexico is arguing a violation of U.S. laws.<\/p>\n The announcement comes several days after a U.S. federal judge dismissed Mexico\u2019s first lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers; Mexico has said it will appeal that decision.<\/p>\n The judge ruled Mexico\u2019s claims against the gun makers did not overcome the broad protection provided to firearms manufacturers by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed in 2005.<\/p>\n The law shields gun manufacturers from damages \u201cresulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse\u201d of a firearm.<\/p>\n Mexico was seeking at least $10 billion in compensation, but legal experts had viewed the lawsuit as a long shot.<\/p>\n The Mexican government estimates 70% of the weapons trafficked into Mexico come from the U.S., according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. It said that in 2019 alone, at least 17,000 homicides in Mexico were linked to trafficked weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first lawsuit, against manufacturers, was thrown out. This one is against dealers and distributors. I think it’ll fare no better, but you never know. In any case, most of the weapons the cartels have are stolen from the Mexican military, or sold to them by corrupt people in the Mexican military. 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