Silver and Lead
Inside Mexico’s Historic Lawsuit Targeting U.S. Gun Companies Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept December 27, 2021 Alejandro Celorio Alcántara was not surprised when the responses finally came in. As a top legal…
The Mexican Stand-Off
Mexico is using courts to hold US gun manufacturers accountable. Gabriel Mondragón Toledo, Inkstick December 1, 2021 For years now, Mexican officials have made lax US gun control partly responsible for…
Don’t shield U.S. gun makers from liability for Mexico’s gun violence
Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times November 26, 2021 If it weren’t for U.S. gun companies supplying a steady stream of weapons for Mexico’s criminal organizations, my then-16-year-old cousin Diego might not…
How the ‘Craigslist of Guns’ Helps Arm Cartels in Mexico
Investigators traced guns found in the border city of Reynosa back to Americans who used the website Armslist. Published on VICE By Keegan Hamilton November 2, 2021, 8:36am Jorge Luis Villarreal…
Interactive: Firearms in Mexico
Stop US Arms to Mexico and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights present "Firearms in Mexico," an interactive platform that permits users to visualize what,…
Fact Sheet: Mexico’s Lawsuit & Implications for U.S. Policy
Fact Sheet: Mexican Government vs. Gun Companies: Lawsuit & Implications for U.S. Policy towards Mexico The following is a summary of the Mexican government’s lawsuit against U.S. companies and the…
The U.S. is organizing a $5 million gun sale to Mexican forces accused of murder and kidnapping
As the two countries meet this week to discuss security cooperation, lawmakers see the sale as evidence of a systemic problem. Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept October 6, 2021 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION is…
Global Exchange welcomes letter from US Senators on control of arms exported to Mexico
Leer en español Washington, DC.- On September 14, four U.S. Senators asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to suspend weapons exports to the Mexican Navy and police until export controls…
A New Lawsuit Illustrates the Problem of U.S. Guns in Mexico
by Eugenio Weigend and Joel Martinez, Center for American Progress September 2, 2021 Last month, the Mexican government filed a lawsuit against major U.S. arms manufacturers and distributors in a…
Lawsuit Targets Arms Flows to Mexico
Arms Control Today, September 2021 By Jeff Abramson The Mexican government took a novel approach to curtailing illegal gun trafficking into its country by filing suit against U.S. gun manufacturers and…