expected today in a court case that's being closely watched by former employees of the arms maker hecla and call it a bit on trial in stuttgart since may of last year they stand accused of illegally supplying mexico with hecla and call german made weapons. a courtin stood guard has been trying five former hacker cock employees on charges of exporting weapons illegally in two thousand and fourteen six people were killed in protests in the southern mexican city of equality and forty three students disappeared without a trace. police believe local criminals were behind the attack and that they were armed with assault rifles manufactured by the german company heckler and call. weapons in a region to which they never should have been extorted according to german law overall between two thousand and six and two thousand and nine rifles and munitions worth four point one million euros ended up in the conflict ridden mexican province . there are several regions in the country that are blacklisted for export permits but state prosecutors say the employees hid the real decimation of the arms they

the southern german city of stood guard has found two former employees of the weapons manufacturer hecla and call guilty of illegally export of guns they've been given suspended prison sentences the court also imposing a fine of three point seven million euros on the company for sending assault rifles to crisis regions in mexico the case centered on an attack that killed six people in the southern mexican city mexican city. that's also where forty three students disappeared and i thought to have been murdered police believe that local criminals were responsible and that they were armed with guns manufactured by had the right call the mexican state of guerrero where the city is located is blacklisted for weapons exports let's get more now political correspondent kate brady joins me here in the studio so. is this going to hurt enough to make the company rethink its practices well if you take into consideration that the revenue. in two thousand and seventeen was one hundred eighty two million euro varies and this fine of three point seven million isn't really going to make much of a dent bu

the southern german city of stood guard has found two former employees of the weapons manufacture hecla and call guilty of illegally exporting guns they have been given suspended prison sentences the court also imposed a fine of three point seven million euros on the company for sending assault rifles to crisis regions in mexico the case centered on an attack that killed six people in the southern mexican city of. that's also where forty three students disappeared and are thought to have been murdered. police believe the local criminals were responsible and that they were armed with guns manufactured by have called the mexican state of guerrero where the city is located is blacklisted for weapons exports. and i am joined now by whole goal roth power he is the lawyer for the group that launched this procedure by filing an official complaint against heckler and koch welcome to the program thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and i'd like to begin by asking you is this the verdict that you were hoping for. well in parts it's a historic trial that we have experienced here today a