China Daily, October 14th. According to Al Jazeera's website on the 10th, the foreign minister of Mexico announced that Mexico has filed another lawsuit in the United States, accusing several American gun companies of fueling the surge in murder cases in Mexico and the inflow of illegal weapons.
Al Jazeera website report screenshot
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard (Marcelo Ebrard) said the new lawsuit targets five U.S. gun dealers, all headquartered in Arizona , which have fueled the proliferation of guns and high murder rates in Mexico.
The picture shows Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad. (Data photo source: Reuters )
"If we do not stop a large number of weapons from flowing into Mexico, how can we stop the violence here?" Ebrad said in a video released on social media on the 10th that if the United States needs Mexico's support, Mexico will cooperate to fight drug trafficking groups, etc., but Mexico also hopes that the United States will help reduce the inflow of weapons that cause huge harm to Mexico.
In the new lawsuit, the Mexican government requests the court to order the defendants to develop sales monitoring standards and “fund research, projects, advertising and other activities to prevent illegal firearm trafficking”. In addition, the plaintiff also requested that the defendant's compensation for damages paid to the Mexican government be determined during the trial.
reported that drug cartels have been using militarized offensive weapons designed and sold by companies accused of undermining Mexico's strict gun-holding laws. In the complaint, Mexico predicts that 2.2% of the nearly 40 million guns produced in the United States each year will be smuggled to Mexico. In 2019 alone, there were at least 17,000 murders in Mexico related to guns smuggled from the United States.
It is reported that more than a week ago, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts 2 rejected a lawsuit filed by Mexico against 11 US gun manufacturers last year to reach $10 billion (about 71.72 billion yuan). Last week, Ebrad said Mexico would appeal the ruling.
In the lawsuit, Mexico accused 11 American gun manufacturers of reckless business practices that caused guns to flow into Mexico, undermining local laws and killing thousands of people. But Judge Dennis Saylor believes that under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed in 2005, gun manufacturers are not required to pay compensation for injuries caused by "criminal and illegal use of firearms."
(Compiled by: Gao Linlin Editor: Nisina)
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