Mexico

Justia Launches Legal Portal for Mexico

Late last month, U.S. legal portal Justia launched a companion portal for Mexico: Justia México. The portal provides access to Mexican federal and state laws, including the Constitution of the United Mexican states and legal information about the 32 Mexican states, Justia Law, Technology & Legal Marketing Blog reports. At…

Oct 20, 2010 8:10 PM CDT

Bullfighter Bolts From Ring, Is Arrested in Apparent Breach-of-Contract Case

Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more. Gored by a bull in a previous match several months ago, Mexican bullfighter Christian Hernandez lost his nerve and bolted from the ring ahead of a charging bull on Sunday, dropping his cape along the way. The crowd hooted…

Jun 15, 2010 8:32 PM CDT

US Helped Mexico Nab High-Profile Suspect in 100s of Grisly Drug Slayings

Cutting-edge electronic surveillance is being credited for the arrest of a second major drug figure in Mexico in less than a month, marking a potential new direction in a bloody drug war in which some 17,000 have been killed over the past three years, many of them police and innocent…

Jan 13, 2010 1:46 AM CST

AG Says 303 Arrested in 19-State Raid of Most Violent Mexican Drug Cartel

A total of 303 people have been arrested over the past two days in coordinated raids in 19 states and large amounts of drugs and cash have been seized concerning alleged operations of a Mexican cartel in the United States. Announced today by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the raids…

Oct 22, 2009 9:02 PM CDT

Mexican President Replaces AG Who Fought Drug Cartels

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has replaced his attorney general who fought the drug cartels and replaced him with a little-known lawyer who has worked as a state and federal prosecutor. Calderon accepted the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora without giving a reason for the change, Reuters reports. However…

Sep 8, 2009 11:34 AM CDT

Fed’l Judge Dismisses Big Drug Case, Calls DOJ Misconduct Issue Moot

Perhaps seeing the handwriting on the wall, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge to dismiss a major drug case with prejudice, and the judge has agreed. Friday’s dismissal with prejudice of a conspiracy case against Zhenli Ye Gon is expected to send the defendant to Mexico to…

Aug 31, 2009 10:30 PM CDT

Lawyer for Suspected Drug Kingpins Is Murdered; 2nd Such Killing in 1 Month

For the second time in less than a month, a Mexican lawyer who represented high-profile drug suspects has been murdered in an execution-style attack. Americo Delgado, 81, was ambushed by at least three men outside his home in the suburbs of Mexico City on Friday and stabbed to death, reports…

Aug 31, 2009 7:11 PM CDT

US Indicts 43 in Alleged $5.8B Drug Ring

As Mexican officials today announced the apparent assassination of the presiding legislator of the drug-plagued state of Chilpancingo, United States officials, including U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, announced the indictment of 43 individuals here and in Mexico concerning an alleged $5.8 billion cocaine and heroin operation. Those accused in the…

Aug 20, 2009 7:36 PM CDT

Border Town Becomes Murder Capital, While Mexico Pushes for Rule-of-Law Changes

In the early morning hours of May 17, 2008, Willy Moya had just closed the V-Bar, one of several popular nightspots he owned in the Pronaf section of Ciudad Juarez, when a couple of friends wandered in and told him they were hungry. Moya decided he could use a bite,…

Jul 4, 2009 3:00 PM CDT

Russia Claws at the Rule of Law While Mexico Embraces It

RUSSIA: The courtroom gallery brimmed with lawyers during the trial in January of four men accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta who was gunned down in 2006 at the elevator of her Moscow apartment. The newspaper had paid a high price for its…

Jul 2, 2009 4:50 AM CDT

Justice in the Rough

As a border town becomes a murder capital, Mexico pushes for dramatic rule-of-law changes

Jul 2, 2009 4:30 AM CDT

Former Mexican Ambassador Joins White & Case, ViaNovo

In a move that Tony Garza hopes will position him to best advise clients as they navigate Latin American legal and cultural waters, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico has joined White & Case as counsel and become a partner in ViaNovo. At ViaNovo, a management and communications consulting firm…

Jun 24, 2009 12:04 PM CDT

Swine Flu Fear Prompts Some Changes in Law Firm Protocol

There’s a new item of professional attire now in vogue at some law firms in Mexico: face masks. With the help of the surgical masks, frequent hand-washing and avoiding client contact as much as possible, lawyers and staff at the Mexico City office of Gardere, Arena y Asociados are hoping…

Apr 28, 2009 10:58 PM CDT

Clinton Blames Failed Policy & ‘Insatiable’ US Market for ‘Horrific’ Drug War

A failed interdiction approach unsuccessfully pursued by the United States for decades, as well as an “insatiable” demand in this country for illegal drugs. Both are partly to blame for a “horrific” Mexican drug war characterized by an explosion of violence that is spilling into this country, the U.S. Secretary…

Mar 25, 2009 9:52 PM CDT

Reward Offered for 24 Alleged Mexican Drug Lords: Up to $7M Each

As escalating violence related to cross-border drug trafficking causes increasing concern in both Mexico and the United States, the government there is offering a record-breaking bounty of $2 million each for 24 alleged drug lords. With an additional $5 million offered by the U.S. concerning some of the drug-trafficking suspects,…

Mar 24, 2009 4:04 PM CDT