From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is Analy.

Today, Mexican officials have long complained that America's

lacks approach to guns is responsible for devastating bloodshed across their country.

Sabrina Tavarnese spoke with our colleague Natalie Kichoev about the lengths that Mexico

is now willing to go within the US to try to solve the problem.

It's Tuesday, August 24th.

So Natalie, how did you hear about this lawsuit?

So the other week, I was called to an early morning briefing at the foreign ministry in Mexico,

along with a group of journalists for a special announcement. They said it was going to be big news.

And it turned out that it was. They told us the Mexican government had filed a lawsuit against

10 gun companies in Massachusetts federal court, accusing them of knowingly facilitating the sale

of guns to drug cartels in Mexico. Essentially, what they were saying is that gun manufacturers

in the United States were responsible for gun violence in Mexico. And they told us this was the

first time that a foreign government had ever sued the makers of guns in the United States.

Wow, that's kind of amazing. But why would Mexico sue American companies for a problem happening

in Mexico? Well, Mexico today and for years has been gripped by a kind of horror show of violence.

Almost 130 people have been killed in one day of drug cartel violence in Mexico.

As drug cartels battle each other, kill civilians.

You've got cartels moving like major penalty groups, mass graves in more than 250 bodies.

On average, there are 94 homicides recorded in Mexico every day. That's four people murdered every hour.

Over the last 15 years alone, homicides have tripled.

Another bloody crime scene in Halisco State, 11 construction workers shot dead in Tonala.

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