On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Mexican government could not continue the manufacturers of American firearms to keep them responsible for the violence committed by the drug cartels.
In a unanimous decision of judge Elena Kagan, the court judged that a lawsuit by the Mexican government had been prohibited by American law which infuses manufacturers of firearms. Mexico, she wrote, had not argued in a plausible way that the manufacturers of American firearms had helped and encouraged in sales of illegal cannons to Mexican drug traffickers.
Mexico had argued that the production and sale of weapons by the firearms in the United States had helped to feed and provide drug cartels, harming the Mexican government. Lawyers of the Mexican government also said that companies knew that some of their firearms were victims of illegal victim and that the country should therefore be authorized to continue.
During an oral argument in early March, the majority of judges seemed to be skeptical that Mexico could prove a direct link between the murders and the violence of the cartel. Several judges seemed to be convinced that a 2005 law protected manufacturers of firearms and distributors of most national proceedings on injuries caused by firearms could also apply to the Mexican government.
The case began in 2021, when Mexico has filed a legal action Against a certain number of manufacturers of American firearms and a distributor, arguing that they shared the blame for the violence of the drug cartel. The country asked them for $ 10 billion in damages.
In the trial brought by the Massachusetts Federal Court, the Mexican government alleged that the actions of the firearms industry had overwhelmed the police, the country’s military and judicial system. Mexico has also argued that the American firearms industry had neglected marketing, distribution and sale of high -capacity firearms.
