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US gun makers say Mexico’s lawsuit represents “clash of national values”

Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard

Boston, USReuters Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co on Monday asked a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels, leading to thousands of deaths. The gun manufacturers in a brief told a federal judge in Boston that […]

Mexico sues US gun makers, eyes $US10 billion in damages

Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gun lawsuit

Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico sued several gun makers in a US 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 alleges that units of Smith & Wesson, Barrett Firearms, Colt’s Manufacturing Company, […]