Mexico takes aim at U.S. gunmakers if cartels deemed terrorist groups (1 Viewer)

[Politics - CBSNews.com]

Mexico's president on Friday warned U.S. gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.

"If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we'll have to expand our U.S. lawsuit," Claudia Sheinbaum said at a daily press conference.

A new charge could include alleged "complicity" of gunmakers with terror groups, she said.

Sheinbaum said the U.S. Justice Department itself has recognized that "74% of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come...

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