The US Supreme Court will consider tossing out a Mexican government lawsuit accusing Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. and other gunmakers of facilitating firearm sales to people connected to the country’s violent drug cartels.

Up to two thirds of intentional homicides in Mexico in recent years have borne signs of organized crime, including the use of high-powered weapons, multiple victims, evidence of torture and messages linked to specific criminal groups,

The Supreme Court will decide whether Mexico may sue U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors for crimes cartels commit with their firearms.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up the gun industry’s appeal of a ruling allowing the Mexican government to proceed with its lawsuit against several prominent American firearm

The Supreme Court said it will consider a bid by U.S. gun-makers to end a lawsuit from the Mexican government seeking to hold them liable for violence committed by drug cartels.

The justices took up an appeal by the two companies of a lower court's refusal to dismiss Mexico's suit, which was filed in federal court in Boston in 2021, under a 2005 U.S. law that broadly shields gun companies from liability for crimes committed with their products.