113 ABA Journal Mexico articles.
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…
Aug 31, 2009 7:11 PM CDT
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…
Aug 20, 2009 7:36 PM CDT
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,…
Jul 4, 2009 3:00 PM CDT
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…
Jul 2, 2009 4:50 AM CDT
As a border town becomes a murder capital, Mexico pushes for dramatic rule-of-law changes
Jul 2, 2009 4:30 AM CDT
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.…
Jun 24, 2009 12:04 PM CDT
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…
Apr 28, 2009 10:58 PM CDT
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…
Mar 25, 2009 9:52 PM CDT
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…
Mar 24, 2009 4:04 PM CDT
In the wake of news last week that the police chief of a major Mexican city in Chihuahua had resigned rather than face the threat of another police officer being…
Feb 24, 2009 12:48 AM CST
Escalating violence in Mexico and Latin America from a failed U.S.-led war on drugs is putting democratic governments and their judicial systems and police forces at risk, says a report…
Feb 13, 2009 12:42 AM CST
Are there business opportunities for U.S. law firms, just lurking in the neighborhood, south of the border?
Jones Day certainly thinks so. The firm is opening an office in Mexico…
Jan 15, 2009 10:28 PM CST
In a continuing shakeup in high-echelon Mexican law enforcement, a former drug czar has been accused of being paid $450,000 by drug traffickers, in exchange for providing them with information…
Nov 21, 2008 5:44 PM CST
A raging drug war in Mexico isn’t just hurting people there—including police officers, judges and lawyers affected by the ongoing violence.
It’s also spilling over into the United States, as…
Oct 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT
Spying on behalf of a major drug trafficking cartel is still ongoing at the Mexican attorney general’s office, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer suspects, even after five officials there…
Oct 28, 2008 5:40 PM CDT
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.
