113 ABA Journal Mexico articles.
Two top employees in the unit of the Mexican attorney general’s office charged with fighting organized crime have instead been passing information to the Beltran-Leyva drug trafficking cartel about federal…
Oct 27, 2008 4:43 PM CDT
An Arizona-based law firm has opened its first foreign office in Mexico, becoming the first major United States firm to do so in the Baja California Sur state.
After an 18-month investigation, a record $9.5 million has been seized and 35 people indicted by six grand juries in an alleged scheme to smuggle illegal drugs north from Mexico…
Oct 9, 2008 6:20 PM CDT
A “raging drug war” between Mexican authorities and traffickers has resulted in the deaths of more than 3,000 people there so far this year, as violent gangs seek to intimidate…
Oct 8, 2008 6:47 PM CDT
Rescuing two young girls from a Mexico City brothel, accompanied by others, including 20 armed immigration agents, isn’t usually part of a New York lawyer’s work.
But it was part…
Sep 24, 2008 10:39 PM CDT
In a spillover of the criminal violence that is an increasing problem in Mexico, kidnappings for ransom—both real and “virtual”—are on the rise in Arizona.
Often targeting immigrant families, those…
Sep 24, 2008 6:30 PM CDT
With the latest arrests of another 175 suspects, a U.S.-led bust of an alleged Mexican-based international drug ring has now reportedly netted more than 500 individuals.
“Project Reckoning” has also…
Sep 17, 2008 7:14 PM CDT
Gunned down in the bedroom of his home, inches from his wife and infant daughter, Juan Jose Soriano is a prime example of why Mexico’s drug war isn’t likely to…
Sep 8, 2008 4:28 PM CDT
Litigation won’t end the battles over depleted water resources in several regions of the United States
Sep 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
Addressing a public that has become increasingly outraged over a spike in violent crime related to drug-dealing, Mexico’s president and other government officials have unveiled a comprehensive plan to reform…
Aug 22, 2008 6:54 PM CDT
Concerned citizens throughout Mexico are planning a national march against crime on Aug. 30 that is focusing, in large part, on a huge increase in kidnappings for ransom in recent…
Aug 21, 2008 6:15 PM CDT
A Mexican man who was convicted and jailed in his home country after a search revealed that the SUV he and his business partner had purchased at a U.S. Customs…
Aug 19, 2008 4:53 PM CDT
In a country already reeling from the effects of a brutal drug war, the abduction and murder of the 14-year-old son of a well-to-do Mexican industrialist is spurring national efforts…
Aug 14, 2008 6:20 PM CDT
Even as the federal government focuses on gang-related criminal activity as an enforcement priority, helping to organize major raids and providing money to local authorities to enhance their efforts, widespread…
Aug 13, 2008 4:57 PM CDT
Officials believe they have identified the source of a Salmonella strain that sickened some 1,300 people in the U.S. and Canada in recent months.
A positive identification has been made…
Jul 30, 2008 7:39 PM CDT
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