A Mexican soldier holds up a gun next to other weapons seized from alleged drug traffickers or handed in by residents before they are destroyed at a military zone in Mexico City. [Henry Romero/Reuters]
Mexico City, May 21 (RHC)-- In Mexico, guns from the United States are a fact of life. The Mexican government estimates nearly 70% of guns trafficked into the country come from its northern neighbour. Meanwhile, a patchwork of weak gun laws in the U.S., where gun trafficking is not a federal crime, affects Mexico.
The Mexican government is taking an unusual tack to try to stop the flow of arms: they have filed a lawsuit. With no sign of the cartel violence slowing, many observers say that it is a long shot that a lawsuit can succesfully stem the flow of guns to Mexico.
