Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has denied that his government's lawsuit against U.S arms manufacturers constituted "intervention" in Washington's domestic affairs. The President made it clear the suit was against arms makers and their lax sales practices, not against the US government or Americans' right to bear arms, according to reports.

The Mexican government on Wednesday filed a civil suit at a federal court in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, seeking damages from a dozen arms manufacturers for "actively facilitating the illicit trafficking of their weapons to the cartels and other criminals in Mexico". "There is no restriction, no control, they even buy online," said Lopez Obrador, acknowledging the lawsuit will not be resolved soon. Lopez Obrador said US companies were making weapons "tailored" to organised crime and selling them indiscriminately.

It says the Mexican government took the action "to put an end to the massive damage that the companies cause by actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels and other criminals in Mexico". The gun manufacturers "are conscious of the fact that their products are trafficked and used in illicit activities against the civilian population and authorities of Mexico", the Foreign Ministry said in a document related to the lawsuit.

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