US judge derails Mexico’s $10bn trafficking suit against US gunmakers
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#6PTB3)
Lawsuit seeks to hold American manufacturers responsible for trafficking of firearms to drug cartels across border
A US judge has dismissed much of Mexico's unprecedented $10bn lawsuit seeking to hold US gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the US-Mexico border.
US district judge Dennis Saylor in Boston dismissed claims against six of the eight companies Mexico sued in 2021, including Sturm, Ruger and Glock, citing jurisdictional problems.
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