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LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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April 12, 2024

What Will Come of Mexico’s Lawsuits Over Weapons?

Mexico is pursuing lawsuits in U.S. courts against gun dealers in Arizona and against weapons manufacturers. Weapons seized in Ciudad Juárez are pictured. // File Photo: Government of Ciudad Juárez.

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Jonathan Lowy, president of Global Action on Gun Violence and Mexico’s co-counsel in its lawsuits against gun manufacturers and Arizona gun dealers: “Mexico’s government looks forward to proving its two lawsuits in court and hopefully prevailing. The judge in Mexico’s lawsuit against gun dealers in Arizona has set a schedule in which the parties will engage in the discovery (evidence gathering) phase and other pretrial steps to be completed by the end of 2025, after which the case could be tried before a jury in federal court in Tucson, Ariz. The defendants in Mexico’s lawsuit against gun manufacturers have stated that they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the appeals ruling in Mexico’s favor, but the trial court has denied the defendants’ motion to stay proceedings pending that request. The Supreme Court only accepts…”

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