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Article

1 Sep 2015

Author:
Ben Knight, DW (Germany)

Arms firm Sig Sauer sued in Germany over “illegal export” of weapons to Mexico used to kill at least 12 people, one of them an activist against feminicide

“German gunmaker Sig Sauer faces criminal charges over Mexico drug killings”, 31 Aug 2015

…German anti-weapons campaigner Jürgen Grässlin has filed charges against Sig Sauer after revelations that a Mexican drug cartel member used one of the company's 9mm handguns to kill 12 people - including a prominent human rights campaigner. The charges - on suspicion of illegal weapons exports - were filed following the release of Chihuahua court documents about the 2010 murder of Marisela Escobedo. The 52-year-old woman became a prominent activist in Chihuahua after a man...confessed...murdering her 16-year-old daughter...Sig Sauer…according to ARD… has claimed that the murder weapon was produced at…the US, and sold, probably in a batch of several hundred, to a legal dealer in Mexico…