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US states, Caribbean nations back Mexico's appeal in arms lawsuit

FILE PHOTO: A soldier shows a gun delivered by a citizen as part of a voluntary disarmament program in Mexico City, Mexico April 3, 2019.REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

Sixteen U.S. states and a handful of Caribbean governments on Tuesday expressed support for Mexico's appeal in a civil lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers.

The states, which all have Democratic attorneys general, as well as the District of Columbia, filed an amicus curiae brief in a U.S. court on Tuesday, while the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago joined a separate amicus curiae brief.

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