A U.S. judge has dismissed most of Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit aimed at holding American gun manufacturers accountable for the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the countries' shared border.
The lawsuit, filed in 2021, targeted eight gun companies, but U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Boston dismissed claims against six of them, citing issues of jurisdiction and calling the companies' connection to Massachusetts "gossamer-thin at best." The six companies who have been ruled out of the suit are Sturm, Ruger, Glock, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Colt's Manufacturing, Century International Arms, and Beretta. The remaining defendants are Smith & Wesson Brands and Witmer Public Safety Group
