{"id":6180,"date":"2025-02-14T17:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexicos-president-takes-aim-at-u-s-gunmakers-if-cartels-are-designated-as-terrorist-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T17:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:19:13","slug":"mexicos-president-takes-aim-at-u-s-gunmakers-if-cartels-are-designated-as-terrorist-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexicos-president-takes-aim-at-u-s-gunmakers-if-cartels-are-designated-as-terrorist-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico&#8217;s president takes aim at U.S. gunmakers if cartels are designated as terrorist groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s president on Friday warned U.S. gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/cartel\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drug cartels<\/a> as terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we&#8217;ll have to expand our U.S. lawsuit,&#8221; Claudia Sheinbaum said at a daily press conference.<\/p>\n<p>A new charge could include alleged &#8220;complicity&#8221; of gunmakers with terror groups, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum said the U.S. Justice Department itself has recognized that &#8220;74% of the weapons&#8221; used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 200,000 to half a million U.S. firearms are smuggled into Mexico every year, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/guns-from-us-ending-up-in-mexico-60-minutes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; reported<\/a><\/span> in December.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/arming-cartels-inside-the-mexican-american-gunrunning-networks-cbs-reports\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS Reports<\/a>\u00a0investigation found that dozens of cartel gunrunning networks, operating like terrorist cells, pay Americans to buy weapons from gun stores and online dealers all across the country, as far north as Wisconsin and even Alaska, according to U.S. intelligence sources. The firearms are then shipped across the southwest border through a chain of brokers and couriers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, speaking during \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/14\/1067d983-ea4c-4a9a-b98e-45ff12a04951\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/6e8add64cf1f3e3b77716f455fa03ea9\/gettyimages-2198541893.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/14\/1067d983-ea4c-4a9a-b98e-45ff12a04951\/thumbnail\/1240x826g4\/eaef3dae25785df146dbd3265ef8fd5d\/gettyimages-2198541893.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking during a briefing conference on Feb. 12, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Carlos Santiago\/Eyepix Group\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/state-dept-terrorist-designation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> that the U.S. State Department plans to classify criminal groups from Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador and Venezuela as &#8220;terrorist organizations.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The cartels targeted in Mexico are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-ismael-zambada-plea-talks-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa cartel<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cartel-leader-arrested-california-faked-own-death-justice-department\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation cartel<\/a>, the Northeast cartel, the Michoacan family and the United cartel, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico has already <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-sues-u-s-gunmakers-arguing-they-have-fueled-bloodshed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">filed a lawsuit<\/a><\/span> in the United States against U.S. arms manufacturers and vendors, claiming $10 billion in damages for their alleged role in criminal violence in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Sheinbaum angrily <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-us-claim-cartel-alliance-slander-vows-tariff-retaliation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rejected an accusation by the United States<\/a><\/span> that her government has an alliance with drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We categorically reject the slander made by the White House against the Mexican government about alliances with criminal organizations,&#8221; the president <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Claudiashein\/status\/1885857655094415528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on social media<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there is such an alliance anywhere, it is in the U.S. gun shops that sell high-powered weapons to these criminal groups,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Sheinbaum launched a campaign to crack down on the number of weapons on the country&#8217;s streets by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cash-for-guns-campaign-ak-47-machine-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">offering cash<\/a><\/span> to those who anonymously leave weapons at designated drop-off locations, including churches.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said U.S. military aircraft <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-us-military-planes-drug-cartels-near-border\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">may have spied on cartels<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during recent flights near Mexican territory. 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