Just a few days after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by the government of Mexico against several major gun manufacturers, the Obrador administration has filed a new challenge; this one aimed at five Arizona gun stores that Mexico claims are aiding and abetting drug cartels.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson, alleges that the gun stores in question are knowingly selling firearms to straw purchasers; individuals who claim to be purchasing a firearm for themselves but are in actuality buying the gun for another.
“We are suing them because clearly there is a pattern, we contend that it is obvious that there is weapons trafficking and that it is known that these guns are going to our country,” Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said.
