BY EMILY BALTER The Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law gave Mexico’s energy reform the number two spot on the Top Ten Energy and Natural Resources Issues of 2015, and here’s why. [1] Seventy-seven years ago Mexico created a state-owned monopoly system and “sent foreign competitors packing.” [2] In August of 2014, Mexico’s President, […]
BY RYAN FORREST—Mexico’s largest drug kingpin might still face justice, but it probably won’t be in the United States. Recently, the Attorney General of Mexico announced that it has no intention of extraditing Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States to face a wide array of charges across the country, including drug trafficking, money […]
BY FRANK WEHR–On February 22, 2014, Mexican marines captured and arrested Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.[1] Guzman, who was widely regarded as the world’s most wanted drug lord, was arrested through a covert operation at his modest condo in the Avenida del Mar condo tower in the pacific resort town of Mazatlan.[2] […]
BY RACHEL WALKER– New Law. On Thursday December 12, 3013, the Mexican government opened up its 95-billion-dollar a year industry to foreign investment.[1] This decision was not without controversy. By allowing foreign investment in its oil industry, the Mexican government has essentially engaged in the largest reform of its oil industry in the past 75 […]
