mexico gun lawsuit News

Supreme Court Leans Toward Gun Companies’ Bid to Avoid Mexico’s Trafficking Lawsuit

U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward a bid by two American gun companies to throw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels and fueling gun violence in the southern …

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Mexico’s Suit Against American Gun Companies

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson SWBI.O and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking of firearms to Mexican …

13 States Agree U.S. Law Does Not Bar Mexico’s $10B Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers

Thirteen U.S. states and two Latin America and Caribbean nations on Monday threw their support behind a lawsuit from Mexico that accuses several major U.S. gun makers of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels, leading to thousands of …

U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’

Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels, leading to thousands of …

Mexico Seeks $10 Billion in Damages in Liability Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers

Mexico sued several gun makers in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of reckless business practices that supply what it called a “torrent” of illegal arms to violent Mexican drug cartels, leading to thousands of deaths. The lawsuit …