On February 15th, Mexican President Simbaum stated at a daily press conference that if the US government classifies Mexican drug trafficking groups as “terrorist organizations,” Mexico may expand the scope of lawsuits against American gun manufacturers because they are “co conspirators” of drug trafficking groups. Simbaum emphasized that the US Department of Justice has acknowledged that 74% of the weapons used by Mexican criminal groups come from the United States. Previously, the Mexican government had filed lawsuits against several American gun manufacturers, accusing them of failing to control the flow of firearms into Mexico.
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