¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024)
This article examines the legal and political strategy advanced by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE, in Spanish) during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in its unprecedented challenge to the U.S. arms industry. The strategy materialized in two lawsuits directed against fire...
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| author | Pérez Ricart, Carlos Weigend Vargas, Eugenio |
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| description | This article examines the legal and political strategy advanced by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE, in Spanish) during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in its unprecedented challenge to the U.S. arms industry. The strategy materialized in two lawsuits directed against firearms manufacturers, distributors, and retail outlets in the United States.Beyond reconstructing the process through which this Mexican strategy was conceived and subsequently navigated across distinct legal stages, the juridical and political merits of the lawsuits are questioned, and their broader repercussions within the United States are evaluated in the article.The central hypothesis is that Mexico’s litigation strategy constituted a significant innovation in its broader efforts to curb the illicit trafficking of firearms from the United States, representing a qualitative leap in the articulation of foreign policy instruments to address transnational security concerns.In doing so, we aim to enrich scholarly assessments of the López Obrador administration’s foreign policy by highlighting an issue that has been largely overlooked, while also contributing to a deeper understanding of the evolving strategies employed by the Mexican state over the last decade in relation to arms trafficking. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article-31522025-09-05T16:24:05Z On Trial: The Mexican Foreign Ministry’s Legal and Political Strategy Confronting the Arms Industry (2021–2024) ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) Pérez Ricart, Carlos Weigend Vargas, Eugenio firearms lawsuits strategic litigation Mexico-United States armas de fuego demandas litigio estratégico México-Estados Unidos This article examines the legal and political strategy advanced by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE, in Spanish) during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in its unprecedented challenge to the U.S. arms industry. The strategy materialized in two lawsuits directed against firearms manufacturers, distributors, and retail outlets in the United States.Beyond reconstructing the process through which this Mexican strategy was conceived and subsequently navigated across distinct legal stages, the juridical and political merits of the lawsuits are questioned, and their broader repercussions within the United States are evaluated in the article.The central hypothesis is that Mexico’s litigation strategy constituted a significant innovation in its broader efforts to curb the illicit trafficking of firearms from the United States, representing a qualitative leap in the articulation of foreign policy instruments to address transnational security concerns.In doing so, we aim to enrich scholarly assessments of the López Obrador administration’s foreign policy by highlighting an issue that has been largely overlooked, while also contributing to a deeper understanding of the evolving strategies employed by the Mexican state over the last decade in relation to arms trafficking. El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la estrategia jurídica que emprendió la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) durante el sexenio de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) contra la industria armamentista en Estados Unidos. La estrategia estuvo compuesta por dos demandas judiciales contra armadoras, distribuidoras y puntos de venta de armas de fuego en ese país.Además de narrar el proceso de creación de la estrategia mexicana y su paso por diferentes etapas legales, el artículo examina los méritos jurídicos y políticos de las demandas, así como los impactos que éstas tuvieron en Estados Unidos. A modo de hipótesis se propone que la estrategia jurídica emprendida por México constituyó un avance significativo en la estrategia del gobierno mexicano para detener el tráfico ilegal de armas desde Estados Unidos.El artículo busca contribuir al examen de la política exterior del gobierno de AMLO en un tema que suele pasar de largo en las valoraciones que se han hecho de ésta. Asimismo, se propone una mejor comprensión de la estrategia seguida por el Estado mexicano en la última década en torno a control y regulación de armas de fuego. El Colegio de México A.C. 2025-09-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/3152 10.24201/fi.3152 Foro Internacional; Forthcoming; 01-34 Foro Internacional; Próximos artículos; 01-34 2448-6523 0185-013X spa https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/3152/3291 Derechos de autor 2025 Foro Internacional |
| spellingShingle | firearms lawsuits strategic litigation Mexico-United States armas de fuego demandas litigio estratégico México-Estados Unidos Pérez Ricart, Carlos Weigend Vargas, Eugenio ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title | ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title_alt | On Trial: The Mexican Foreign Ministry’s Legal and Political Strategy Confronting the Arms Industry (2021–2024) |
| title_full | ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title_fullStr | ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title_full_unstemmed | ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title_short | ¡A juicio! La estrategia jurídica de México frente a la industria armamentista de Estados Unidos (2021-2024) |
| title_sort | a juicio la estrategia juridica de mexico frente a la industria armamentista de estados unidos 2021 2024 |
| topic | firearms lawsuits strategic litigation Mexico-United States armas de fuego demandas litigio estratégico México-Estados Unidos |
| topic_facet | firearms lawsuits strategic litigation Mexico-United States armas de fuego demandas litigio estratégico México-Estados Unidos |
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