In the trial of employees of arms company Heckler & Koch for illegal arms exports to Mexico, two defendants have been sentenced to probation penalties. Heckler & Koch must pay a fine of 3.7 million euros.
In trial against five former employees of the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch for violation of the war weapons control act, sentenced two defendants to suspended sentences. A former employee was sentenced to 17 months and a former employee to 22 months imprisonment on probation.
The wife is supposed to do according to the judgment, in addition, 250 hours of community service, the man must pay a fine of 80,000 euros. The other three defendants were acquitted.
the group, to 3.7 million Euro fine to pay
The company itself was not accused. However, the Stuttgart regional court imposed in connection with the delivery of almost 5000 assault rifles and accessories in the Mexican unrest of the provinces the company a fine in the amount of 3.7 million euros.
The allegation: the delivery of almost 5000 assault rifles
The former employee to be responsible for between 2006 and 2009, nearly 5000 assault rifles, and the accessories supplied, the goods intended for Mexican unrest provinces, there but should not have been delivered.
The prosecution had asked for three of the five defendants to prison terms of between 22 and 33 months. For the other two you requested acquittals. The defense pleaded in each of the five cases on acquittal. The company should pay in the opinion of the Prosecutor 4.1 million Euro penalty.
The weapons that they also may be 2014 in the case of the mass abduction of students in the state of Guerrero used. At that time, 43 students disappeared.
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