Mexico’s first lawsuit, which was recently dismissed, targeted U.S. gun manufacturers. This one targets several gun shops and distributors.
MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government filed another US weapons lawsuit on Monday, this time blaming it for illegal arms flows into Mexico.
Mexico's first weapons lawsuit, which was recently rejected, targets US arms manufacturers. The second, which Secretary of State Marcelo Ebrado said he filed in Arizona federal district court on Monday, targeted gun dealers.
"We are suing them because there is a clear pattern, there is a clear arms deal, and these weapons are known to have entered our country," Eblard said.
Ebrard pledged last week to file a new lawsuit against arms dealers or dealers in US border states who hand over weapons to smugglers and sell them to "straw" buyers who bring guns into Mexico.
Mexico seeks unspecified monetary damages and requires arms dealers to hire independent monitors to ensure compliance with US federal laws on gun purchases.
Alejandro Celorio Alcantara, legal adviser to Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Mexico had selected the "five worst shops" for reference in the lawsuit.
“They allow hay buyers to buy firearms because they are not careful when selling their products,” said Celorio Alcantara, repeatedly selling multiple guns to multiple buyers. "We said they were negligent, facilitated the purchase of hay, and even became accomplices."
He claimed that a US criminal investigation traced gun purchases to the store, and said there was evidence that the store failed to provide necessary information about some of the purchases.
"The main allegation of our lawsuit is that this arms business is part of an organized criminal organization and a mechanism to allow Mexican criminals and cartels to use their weapons," he said. said Celorio Alcantara.
He said the lawsuit's first trial may not come until the summer.
Ebrard said about 60% of weapons seized in Mexico in recent years are believed to have been sold, mostly in his 10 states along the border. Mexico has very strict gun laws, but drug cartel violence has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the country in recent years.


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