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A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of a deadly flood of weapons across the U.S.-Mexico border to drug cartels.
The decision by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor in federal court in Boston is a victory for Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., Sturm, Ruger & Co. and others accused of undermining Mexico's strict gun laws by designing, marketing and selling military-style assault weapons that cartels could use.
The main argument was that these companies have promoted "negligent and illicit" business practices that facilitate illegal arms trafficking to Mexico. According to figures included in the document presented to the United States court, each year up to 500,000 weapons are trafficked from the US and, in 2019, they could have been behind around 17,000 intentional homicides throughout the world.
Mexico said it would appeal the decision.
"This suit by the Mexican government has received worldwide recognition and has been considered a turning point in the discussion around the gun industry's responsibility for the violence experience in Mexico and the region," Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Saylor said federal law "unequivocally" bars lawsuits seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use guns for their intended purpose. He said the law contained several narrow exceptions but none applied.
"While the court has considerable sympathy for the people of Mexico, and none whatsoever for those who traffic guns to Mexican criminal organizations, it is duty-bound to follow the law," Saylor wrote in a 44-page decision.
Other defendants included Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Beretta USA Corp, Colt's Manufacturing Co and Glock Inc. Representatives for the companies either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. Lawrence Keane, the general counsel of firearm industry trade group National Shooting Sports Foundation, welcomed the dismissal of the "baseless lawsuit."
Source Reuters, Infobae
Mexico said it would appeal the decision.
"This suit by the Mexican government has received worldwide recognition and has been considered a turning point in the discussion around the gun industry's responsibility for the violence experience in Mexico and the region," Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Saylor said federal law "unequivocally" bars lawsuits seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use guns for their intended purpose. He said the law contained several narrow exceptions but none applied.
"While the court has considerable sympathy for the people of Mexico, and none whatsoever for those who traffic guns to Mexican criminal organizations, it is duty-bound to follow the law," Saylor wrote in a 44-page decision.
Other defendants included Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Beretta USA Corp, Colt's Manufacturing Co and Glock Inc. Representatives for the companies either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. Lawrence Keane, the general counsel of firearm industry trade group National Shooting Sports Foundation, welcomed the dismissal of the "baseless lawsuit."
Source Reuters, Infobae
real stupid
ReplyDeleteMexico should banned 🚫 extradition of anyone to the USA immediately has reciprocal measures where the United States refuses to hold accountable their criminals but wants to judge another countries criminal is hypocrisy at its FINEST
DeleteCATALINA have a very valid point.
DeleteThat is a great point @657
Delete@ Catalina… great point, but unrealistic that Mexico would do this. if Mexico wasn’t so reliable on US $ , then it would work. Mexico has always been the step child of the crackhead mother when it comes to dealing with US. Sadly, this ban on weapons and assault rifles will Always be a top priority for manufacturers, and buyers… supply and demand. Even IF these companies would do business the right way, the Narco world will always find a black market way… it’s a lose lose situation for Mexico
Delete12:17 Dont see why is it unrealistic, and Mexico is changing. Mexico isnt looking for US $.
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Delete2:14 what a dork, totally un realistic!
DeleteIt's a good thing that this was dismissed. If it were allowed to move forward, everyone would be suing McDonalds because they are obese or suing car companies because they were hit by a drunk driver.
ReplyDeleteOur system is built on personal responsibility. You are responsible for your own actions.
Everyone has the right to own and operate a car. However, if you choose to use that car to run into a crowd in a terrorist incident, the car company is not liable.
The radical left is trying to guarantee that everyone will be born, live their whole lives without incident and die after having lived a happy and fulfilling life. But life is not like that. When we are born, out life comes with no guarantees.
This is just Mexican politicians trying to affect U.S. policy. The U.S. has to deal with gun violence and will deal with it on our own terms. As long as our politicians continue to fail us, we will continue to pay the price.
Everyone is under the mistaken belief that most of the guns involved in crime in Mexico come from the U.S. This is not true.
The majority of weapons seized in Mexico that are traceable originate or pass through the U.S. But only a small percentage is traceable. China and North Korea export large numbers of weapons that are not traceable. So does Pakistan, but we cannot determine Pakistan's role because they are the largest producer of homemade firearms that lack a serial number or any other identification.
Fewer than 20% of all firearms seized in Mexico are traceable to the U.S. and that percentage has been steadily declining. Cartels aren't buying rpg's, antitank weapons and .50 caliber machine guns from Billy Bob's gun shop.
ELMO's policy of hugs not bullets is failing and ELMO seizes on this issue to pass blame on to the U.S.
The radical left is actually trying to guarantee that not everyone is born, hence their obsession with killing unborn babies
DeleteThe rest of what you wrote, I agree with 100%
8:32 And what do you suggest political genius?, Nobel Prize in Economy, smarter than Einstein, an open war in the middle cities and civil population, again? NO THANK YOU!, or 500 new mini cartels, NO THANK YOU!... Problem isn't necessarily "Traceable weapons", but an endless flow of bullets and cash. So keep your opinions for your own, clown.
DeleteGreat response Detroit.
Delete11:31 If living in the US, a great response.
DeleteGreat point Detroit. Many don’t know who the other big players, or biggest players for that matter, are. Everyone blames the US, but there are bidders and sellers everywhere. The only shitty part is that Mexico is getting all of the negative attention, brocade it IS that bad.
Delete12:19 Great point, if you dont live in Mexico.
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Delete8:32 that's true, don't let the left wing, Lopez Obrador nutthuggers, try to serve fake news.
DeleteDetroit is full of shit, AMLO should try the case against weapons traffickers in México and deduct the fines from the made up mexican debt with the US under RICO statutes.
Delete7:28 Anything you dont understand now is labeled as fake news. Cry my a river! ☺
DeleteStrangely I believe that car manufacturers should be held accountable entirely if their cars kill mass amounts of people simply because I think modern cars are far too quiet that it becomes a health and safety issue. People have the right to listen to music through their headphones as they walk down the street. Should that be stripped away because car companies can't be sued? No. Cars are too quiet, it's dangerous. There should be some accountability there.
Delete3:36 There were sues related to that, VolksWagen. Leaked info evidenced they were directly involved. A sue is an excellent resource for future events.
DeleteOf course it got dismissed, these gringos make big money when they make wars and sell their weapons to all involved.
ReplyDeleteUS of A made the Mexican cartels and it also went against their capos to break them down. They know all it does is make two or three cartels if they catch or kill the head capo.its a strategy the gringos been using and now look at Mexico.. it has a bunch of cartels now all at war and we'll equipped with American made heavy artillery. Big money 💵
And guess what? The flow of drugs keeps flowing without any droughts.
War on drugs is a joke but only the big money makers such as bankers, government and gun manufacturers are laughing and getting richer
What ever happens the future doesn’t look too good for gabachos!
DeleteBecause the future is alway bright for the gringos in power. The spend a lot money and effort to ensure that happens
DeleteThey are good at creating wars to make money and later blame the country they destabilized.
DeleteThe war on drugs is just a way to cause more violence and cartels in 🇲🇽. China supplying the world with drugs but the gringos act like they don't see China supplying Mexico with fentynil and the main supply to make Meth..
"Just blame it on those Mexicans Billy. It always works"!! 😂
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DeleteShould have went higher for like 10 trillion dollars.
ReplyDelete~ALMO nuthugger
God bless the Constitution!
ReplyDeleteLol Lopez Obrador and you thought you were going to win, you instead made a Clown of yourself.
ReplyDeleteThe manufacturer does not press the trigger to kill people, it's the criminal pulling the trigger lol.🤣
ELMO was going to pocket the money.
DeleteThanks to ELMO's new friendship with Chapo's mom he is set for life. I just hope he doesn't throw out his back carrying all of those bags of money.
DeleteIdiot! It's about making a Statement World Wide!! Good job!! No way he's going to win but pretty good statement
DeleteSi si si pero el PRI robo mas!
DeleteToo bad grampa did not win the Lawsuit, like 11.08 said he was going to pocket the money along with his curupt officials.
DeleteHe already has a room full of money, he don't need more, and bribes continue to come in from cartels.
Ok, and whats you source to support that?
Delete-I hate AMLO. ☺
Lol Lopez Obrador the puppet clown.
DeleteAnd whats your source to support that?
Delete-Lol Lopez Obrador the puppet clown.
Thank you ☺
What will Elmo s speechwriter write for Obrador, since he lost the lawsuit?
Delete11:42 They just appealed, amlo hater, PRI lover.
Delete11:58:
DeleteOur court system isn't there to make a political statement. Our court system is in place to enforce your rights. Filing bogus lawsuits takes up valuable court resources that could be used for prosecuting criminals or for vindicating rights of people who have been truly wronged.
I thought Sol banned the ALMO nutthugger Lawyer, for past misbehavior, and spreading fake news.
DeleteI love ALMO (no joto)
Delete7:35 courts are there to be made the laughing stock for supporting the efforts of the Trumpanzee known as Individual#1 to escape punishment for his dirty deeds, at least until he dies.
Delete10:30 compared to Elmo Haters, AMLO LOVERS will always WIN THE DAY...
Delete@10:30 he was awoken, to hit online sites and spread fake news.
Delete7:32 Sol is asleep even when he is woke. But he does not spread fake news all the time
DeleteTry going after the users, you stupid mf'!
ReplyDeleteStart with Obama's fast and furious. How sheepish are main stream news reading idiots lol
ReplyDeleteSend Obama to prison for "Fast and Furious". Take Michael's (his husband) wig away
Delete11:32
DeleteOld and lame.
You might as well bring up Nixon
Fast and furious WS a great setup by Mex Cartels to blame the US. There is NO WAY any criminal would leave the serial numbers on their weapons, unless they wanted them traced back to their point of origin. Someone in the gringo side fucked up, and it looks like one of those agents was dirty, so yeah.
DeleteGringos get mad when the facts come our about US 😂
DeleteEric holder should have gotten prison time but of course they let him off and ignored the fact that he was involved in fast abd furious.
Such hypocrisy
8:52 I am not a Gringo, and not mad whatsoever. Bringing in old news that is long over with is dumb.
Delete10:28 Operation Fast and Furious of the Obama regime was started by George W Bush under name Wide Receiver, the idea was to help weapons vendors keep some of that drug trafficking money in their pockets, they are NRA and republican friends most of all...
DeleteThe news may be old, but we still need to bring some air heads feet back to earth once in a while.
Complete waste of time... What's next? The USA gonna sue Mexico in a Mexico for letting drugs pass over the US border?
ReplyDeleteIs not Mexico the one putting commercial restriction all over the world...
Delete12:22 usa already sued a cartel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DeleteSueing a cartel puts reasonable law on targeting cartels, so it's a tactic Mr burrito. You not no war tactics ez okay
DeleteThey have all the reason. It's the same system/ business practice all multinationals use. Tabacco companies supplied Italian/Albanian mafia with industrial loads of cigarettes straight from the factory. So the criminals could "smuggle" them back into Europe.
ReplyDeleteSame as with opioids, the Pharmaceuticals supply/generate the grey-markets themselves.
There is no reason to assume the illegal weapon-market would operate any other way. It is the companies themselves that deliver directly to the criminals. Big companies only want to make profit, any which way. The 1000's of deaths it generates worldwide is none of their concerns.
They understand that even when they get caught, they will be tried and judged under civil-law (white-collar-law), and not under criminal law.
So they do their evil with impunity, no sense of responsability. Because the worst that can happen to them is that the company gets a fine. Which will be calculated back to the consumers.
Keep suing Mexico. Hold the Line
"It is the companies themselves that deliver directly to the criminals."
DeleteDo you have any proof of this happening?
5:46 Suing always help as a legal resource for past/present/future legal disputes. Also as a precedent in future events. And yes, proof was leaked and those companies were involved.
DeleteThen they should be arrested just like United States does for everyone that commits wrong
ReplyDeleteThe US should sue the corrupt Mexican government for allowing the cartels to prosper and thereby making it possible for the cartel violence to exist. Drug victims families should have a class action case against the corrupt Mexican government as should all Mexican people. If ever there was an ironic lawsuit its the corrupt Mexican governments one
ReplyDeleteI agree but the curupt Mexican government, will lie.
Delete2:54 Based on what?, you think so?
Delete9:56 Ok racist that hates mexico.
Delete10:32 well if you think pointing out this tragic reality and its irony is racist then you have serious problems
Delete10:46 Giving pointless opinions to a country with a long story of racism, dont need an einsteins iq to get it. Go finish High School.
Delete1:21 Welcome back Almo nutthugger Lawyer, you finally crawled out of the rock, good to see you, sorry he lost the lawsuit.
Delete9:56 México did not get a presidential Pardon from George HW Bush for trafficking drugs to the US...
Deleteshit, nobody did!
they got it for trafficking weapons for hostages to get money to finance the contra nicaragüenses, but Reagan's CIA and NSA were involved in the drug trafficking and murder of Kiki Camarena, and in the 37 year old cover up.
2:54 You have valid points.
DeleteMexican cartels are the number 1, suppliers of fentanyl laced drugs, they continue to be illegally smuggled into USA.
The cartels just want to make a quick money, they don't care if the addicted die of overdose.
But somehow sellers of fentanyl are being arrested for murder, knowing they Sold a fentynal laced drug.
Just weeks ago a 16 year old highschool girl died, and the dealers, have been caught, they are facing homicide charges. Thanks to the cartels more will die, and more arrested for murder
The nutthugger Lawyer of Obrador is in here, I thought I smelled something fishy.
Delete7:42 Thanks to McDonal's more people will get fat and get sick. Thats how dumb you sound blaming cartels your consumption habits in the US.
DeleteThis whole exercise is nothing more than "Dont look here Look there" distraction diversionary politics by a corrupt Mexican government eager to shift their blame and tap into anti American (Gringo) feelings in a country unwilling to accept responsibility for their own appalling behaviour and eager to blame anyone but themselves for the corrupt amoral barbaric hellhole their country has become under decades of corrupt rule and moral degeneration. Sometimes its important to call a spade a spade and until Mexico faces up to and takes responsibility for their own choices things will not get better
ReplyDelete3:48 So you hate Mexico?
DeleteI hate the way Mexico is right now and what its government and drug cartels are doing to the Mexican people. If you dont feel the same way then you may be part of the problem
Delete10:45 If you hate how Mexico is now, you loved it when PRI was ruling?, looks like you mostly mexico.
Delete10:53 well at least we agree that Mexico has always been a corrupt mess. Maybe its time for change. I would support armed intervention and regime change but I dont think it would be enough. A cultural and moral change is also needed and a lot of people need to be held accountable for what they have done to Mexico and its people for a very long time
Delete11:06 If you think Mexico has always been a corrupt mess, you are mostly giving your personal posture, not a reality, and proves you ignore even your own country. You are making clear your vague knowledge about Mexico. Intervention will never happen, remember that. Keep whining please!
DeleteYes armed intervention will probably never happen and that is a tragedy for the Mexican people who continue to escape from this terrible situation by fleeing north to America. Very sad and no end in sight. Obviously you think Mexico is fine and it was fine under the PRI as well in your opinion,. I disagree. . over 50% of Mexicans live in grinding poverty and its unlikely to end under this government or any other one until someone ,makes it end and that someone is obviously not going to be any of the corrupt Mexican elite
Delete11:38 Well lucky I dont have the horror of living in a town that is owned by a drug cartel and being owned by them in a country where everyone from the president and the state governors down is happy to take bribes in return for allowing this. And where my only problem is keeping the foxes from digging up my flowerbeds and getting my cat to keep the squirrels out of my roof. So I suppose I should let you do the whining except you seem quite happy with being owned by a drug cartel. Life in England is very normal, do you understand what that means? Are you going to try and escape your country and blame 'gringos' for it being a failed state?
DeleteIf your only concern is keeping the foxes from digging up my flowerbeds and getting my cat to keep the squirrels out of my roof and you take the time to write this, led me to think you hate Mexico in some way. A probably racist?
DeleteSo I suppose I should let you do the whining about Mexico except you seem quite happy talking sh*t about something you clearly don’t know.
Life in England is very normal, although feature predominantly when it comes to cocaine consumption rates, just below the US.
Are you going to try and escape your own reality and blame Mexico for it being a failed adult?
Have a wonderful day racist person.
I detect some internet paid influencers in here. Don't be sore losers. Elmo losi, we will see on Monday meeting if he got over it.
Delete3:48 the US spent 36 billion dollars in 12 years leading to the AMLO presidency to pay for a war on drugs in México, it created a lot of problems and divIsions and HATE, but not every mexican is involved as your shithole maff says.
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DeleteAnyone with a rational comment is a paid influencer for you, amlo hater.
DeleteBB here does a great job covering the Mexico border and informing us about drugs and such. The Mexican border is also about migrants however legal or not.
ReplyDeleteBB should post these kinds of stories in this link also to remind everyone how some people here in the state of Texas and perhaps elsewhere have often times treated migrants violently sometimes due to anti migrant talk that politicians spew out.
The way racists Americans in Texas have always treated people of brown skin.
Recently began in El Paso with the Walmart shooting and now this next story happening here a couple days ago also in Texas.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/former-warden-at-west-texas-detention-facility-brother-booked-at-el-paso-county-detention
I hate to say this but I'm gonna anyway. Everybody in the world likes white skin and hates dark skin. So don't complain when white people shoot up Walmarts and schools. You like white skin, don't cha? Europeans raped your land and women yet you still elevate white skin.
DeleteI white man could drop a nuke on your dome and you'd still want your daughters to marry white. The white man didn't conquer the world because he was smart. He conquered the world because nonwhites were dumb.
Y'all gonna beg to be black when the ozone layer burns off and all the white people die if skin cancer.
The white man pulled off a great trick in the world, convincing the world that he was harmless and the black man was dangerous. Stupid braindead humans. Whoever classified us as sapiens must have been blind-ass drunk.
James Brown going loco with extra names, sound like lil nuts Truther
DeleteJames being humble is not dumb.
DeleteDumb will be the day when the great white race appears as the majority of the people...in hell!
Seems like racism isn't just in the USA, Mexico I call 1800-me-too on this.
DeleteYou racists never learn not to be so obvious.
4:20 You dont even know what racism is.
DeleteAlmo can kiss my butt ha ha ha 0 in the lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteOk weapon makers lover, got your point.
Delete10 lawyers from Mexico had teamed up to Sue, the hell of the gun manufacturers.
ReplyDeleteThey lost the lawsuit, now Mexico owes the 20 lawyers money in the Thousands. LOL.
They just appealed.
Delete12:13 keep dreaming.
DeleteThe criminal pulls the trigger, not the gun manufacturers.
Tell Lopez Obrador to sue and go after the cartels, already cjng exists in 28 States.
4:36 No, not dreaming or giving an opinion. Its official declarations from International affairs Secretary. You can corroborate it. And sue is not about who pulls the trigger, but their commercial practices. No need to tell Obrador anything. Keep whining please! ♥
DeleteI do have source: https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2022/10/1/estabamos-preparados-para-fallo-favor-de-fabricantes-de-armas-apelaremos-ebrard-294382.html
At 6:13 I don't see him whining, but do see it as a comment.
DeleteGun makers don't kill innocent people.
Criminals with guns do kill innocents.
The car did not kill the person.
The drunk driver did.
7:56 It was already leaked on how their commercial practices allowed. Criminals are facing different charges. Just like the US put restriction on certain companies and countries. Grow up and finish High School.
DeleteOnce you cross this border into Mexico it's nothing but corruption all the way down till you see some guys in tuxedos!!
ReplyDelete11:57 Read nothing than "I hate Mexico"
DeleteYou don’t need to cross the border to understand corruption, but Mexico is very public about their corruption… US is very underground and behind closed doors, there is corruption at every level, it’s just a matter of how powerful these people are.
Delete12:24 PRI ruled Mexico for 80 years, known for that. And you clearly know nothing about Mexico. Will not tell anything about the US.
Delete1224 Corruption is not unique, it is in every country because there will always be evil in the world. You're trying too hard to say yeah but the USA is just as corrupt but its underground. Bronie take your head out of your ass, Mexico corruption is on a way higher level than the USA.
Delete11:57 Raja from India.
DeleteWhy is it that they don't eat cows in India, they let them roam around as if they are cats, same with rats, they roam all over.
12:41 well, on the US, the politrickos can't go around murdering the opposition with great impunity, in México and all over LatinAmerica it is a requirement to prove they can be in charge of the Plantation
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DeleteI see more and more of these shit eating narco lords foot soldiers with FN SCARS, M249 SAWs, fully automatic M4's and FX-05's, not to mention anti personnel weaponry that is "exclusive" to military use, and half the Sicarios I see for CJNG and CDS factions have Marina and SEDENA labeled plate carriers and uniforms. Lopez Obrador, why don't you start by prosecuting the Military High Command, and their subordinate commanders in SEDENA, SEMAR, the GN who broker weapons deals with these Lords before you go and try to sue foreign entities who at the end of the day are nothing but middle men for the bloodiest and most profitable business in Lat Am? Make sure your own house is in order.
ReplyDeleteNice conspiracy theory, too much netflix this weekend. You should write a book!
Delete10:13 I could and should, and man it gets easier to spot a AMLO apologist every day.
DeleteFix Mexico you Mexicans! Bad bad country make good good. There it's not the USA citizens fault, blame your damn selves.
DeleteFix your own problems before, no one put a gun in their head to buy drugs, no need to do that.
DeleteI look down at you BB! Your a pathetic and cowardly racist liberal rag! You glorify the raping mass killing narco! You curse Whitey and USA 2nd amendment RIGHT! Stop being crying little bitches about the White man! Fucking stand up already like the old White forefathers did of the country that the vast majority of Mexico and Central America cowardly run to for a safe and better life. You, BB, are true liberal racists while you claim White people are the racist problem ones! You are. Fuck stay and fight in your country like the founders here did! Don’t run like little bitches! You censor any comments that state truth and fact but publish racist liberal comments like those of James brown. Who isn’t very educated, and is another victimized whiny little coward always blaming Whitey!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're having an emotional day there bud lol. You could always just leave and that'll settle your clown outlook.
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Delete3:46 "you look down..."
DeleteWho the fuck are "you"?
3:46
DeleteSorry to hear you're not happy
With the website.
I will refund your subscription
Have a nice day.
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DeleteGood test government of Mexico on suing the gun manufacturers. It's not the manufacturer fault, that Mexico can't control it's criminals with guns, instead they let them run rampant
ReplyDeleteNow Mexico is stuck, with paying up 20 lawyers .
Ha ha ha ha
DeleteSuing the wrong people, strawhat buyers, transports arms into Mexico for profit.
Mexico vale verga like most people on here commenting viva usa hijo de putas
ReplyDeleteYo kiro papitas con ketup Mijo.
DeleteMr. President Lopez Obrador, it's ok if you lost.
ReplyDeleteYou have enough money from mordidas to last you, when you retire. Buy more mansions in Texas.
6:39 Which mansions in Texas, tell us!
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