Mexico sues gun manufacturers

Smith & Wesson, Glock and Sturm, Ruger and Co. did not immediately respond to written requests for comment.

Mexico has long argued that arms smuggling from the United States must be addressed alongside the fight against drug trafficking, and the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has raised the issue with U.S. officials.

The country said it was suing "to end the massive damage" that gun manufacturers cause by allowing the flow of weapons across the southern border of the United States, and said that nearly all firearms recovered at the scenes of crime in Mexico come from the north. .

The defendants conduct business "in ways that they know routinely arm drug cartels in Mexico," use corrupt traffickers and "dangerous and illegal sales practices," design weapons to fire automatically, and ignore recommendations to prevent drug trafficking. traffic, according to the complaint.