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    Mexico: Foreign Minister Announces Repatriation Agreement with Venezuela On March 21, 2024, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena announced that Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had reached an agreement aimed at assisting Venezuelan migrants currently residing in Mexico to opt for voluntary repatriation to Venezuela.Under the terms of this initiative, known as the “Vuelta a la Patria” (Return to … Continue reading “Mexico: Foreign Minister Announces Repatriation Agreement…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2024-04-30
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    Mexico-United States: Implementing Guidelines Published on Accelerated Patent Grant Bilateral Arrangement On November 13, 2023, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (Mexico’s patents authority, known as IMPI, its acronym in Spanish) published the implementing guidelines of a new collaborative procedure with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) called the Accelerated Patent Grant (APG) initiative. The initiative was created to offer patent applicants the opportunity to … Continue reading “Mexico-United States: Implementing Guidelines Published on…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2024-03-12
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    United States: Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Involving Mexican Government's Suit Against Gun Manufacturers On January 22, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit remanded a case from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in which the government of Mexico brought a suit against seven U.S. gun manufacturers and one gun distributor. The case, Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson … Continue reading “United States: Court of Appeals for…
    • Contributor: Myers, Louis
    • Date: 2024-02-11
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    United States: Appeals Court Reviews Conviction and Sentencing Decisions for Defendants Involved in 2010 Murders in Mexico On January 3, 2024, the United States Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the convictions of Jose Guadalupe Diaz-Diaz and Martin Perez-Marrufo for conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country for their involvement in three murders in Mexico. The defendants’ appeals were consolidated, but the court considered individual arguments made by the defendants, … Continue reading “United States: Appeals Court Reviews Conviction…
    • Contributor: Friedman, Sarah
    • Date: 2024-01-25
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    Mexico: Government Issues Decree Ending COVID-19 Health Emergency On May 9, 2023, the Mexican government published a decree declaring the termination of the public health emergency it had instituted by its 2020 Public Health Emergency Declaration (PHED) to address the COVID-19 epidemic.The decree states that the PHED had been issued by Mexico’s health authorities on March 27, 2020, to adopt pertinent emergency measures … Continue reading “Mexico: Government Issues Decree Ending COVID-19…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2023-06-11
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    Mexico: Airspace Protection Law Enacted to Combat Aerial Criminal Operations On March 2, 2023, Mexico enacted the Airspace Protection Law (APL), which provides guidelines for military and civilian agencies to collaborate on the interdiction of unauthorized flights, some of which are operated by criminal organizations. The committees on National Defense and Public Safety of Mexico’s House of Representatives had approved the bill on December 15, … Continue reading “Mexico: Airspace Protection Law Enacted to…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2023-03-22
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    Mexico: Bill to Protect Mexico's Airspace from Organized Criminal Activities Approved by Congressional Committees On December 15, 2022, the committees on National Defense and Public Safety of Mexico’s House of Representatives approved a bill aimed at protecting Mexico’s airspace from organized criminal activities.Background to the BillThe preamble of the bill proposes to enact the Law to Protect Mexican Airspace to counter the increase in illegal aerial operations conducted by … Continue reading “Mexico: Bill to Protect Mexico’s Airspace…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2023-01-23
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    Mexico: President Issues Order Banning Electronic Cigarettes On May 31, 2022, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, issued an executive order prohibiting the commercialization of electronic cigarettes and vaporizing devices with similar uses, as well as the solutions and mixtures consumed through such smoking devices.The preamble of the executive order explains that its legal basis rests on articles 4 and 131 of … Continue reading “Mexico: President Issues Order Banning Electronic…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2022-06-27
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    Mexico: President Introduces Bill to Protect Mexico's Airspace from Organized Criminal Activities On April 28, 2022, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, sent to the Mexican Congress a bill aimed at protecting Mexico’s airspace from organized criminal activities.Background to the BillThe preamble of the bill proposes to enact the Law to Protect Mexican Airspace to counter the increase in illegal aerial operations conducted by criminal organizations. Such … Continue reading “Mexico: President Introduces Bill to Protect…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2022-06-13
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    Mexico: Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Sharing of Personal Data with Government to Combat Cell Phone Crime On April 25, 2022, Mexico’s Supreme Court announced that it had declared unconstitutional a law ordering the creation of a national registry of cell phone users (abbreviated and known as PANAUT) for the collection of their personal and biometric data by telecommunications companies and preservation by the Mexican government.According to the bill that proposed this … Continue reading “Mexico: Supreme Court Strikes Down Law…
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2022-06-06
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    International: First Labor Complaints Filed through United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (June 3, 2021) On May 10, 2021, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrialized Organizations (AFL-CIO) and other groups announced that they had filed the first labor complaint under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Facility-Specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, alleging that workers at the Tridonex auto parts factory in Matamoros, Mexico, are being […]
    • Contributor: Boomer, Elizabeth
    • Date: 2021-06-03
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    Mexico: First Cases Approved under Law Granting Amnesty to Criminals Incarcerated for Certain Crimes (May 3, 2021) On April 22, 2021, the Mexican government announced that it had approved the release from prison of five convicted individuals as provided by the Amnesty Law adopted one year earlier. The Amnesty Law grants persons incarcerated for committing certain crimes the right to apply for amnesty, provided that applicable requirements are met. […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2021-05-03
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    Mexico: Migration Law Amendment Requires Placing Undocumented Children in Shelters, Not Detention Centers (Feb. 26, 2021) On January 11, 2021, Mexico enacted an amendment to its Migration Law requiring that undocumented migrant minors be placed in shelters instead of immigration detention centers (as was the previous practice) while their legal status is determined by Mexican immigration authorities. Accordingly, Mexico’s Migration Law now provides that immigration authorities must refer […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2021-02-26
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    Mexico: Constitutional Reform Regarding Crimes Committed by the President of the Republic Approved (Jan. 29, 2021) On December 15, 2020, the president of the Mexican Senate, Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar, announced the amendment of two articles of the Mexican Constitution concerning crimes committed by the president of the republic. The Senate president’s “declaration of constitutional reform” (declaratoria de reforma constitucional), which concerned articles 108 and 111 of the Constitution, […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2021-01-29
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    Mexico: Amendment Reforming National Security Law Approved (Jan. 25, 2021) On December 15, 2020, the House of Representatives of the Mexican Congress (Cámara de Diputados) in a plenary session approved an amendment to the National Security Law. The reform was approved with 329 votes in favor, 98 against, and 40 abstentions. The bill had already been approved by the Senate and, with […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2021-01-25
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    Mexico: Ban on Importing Electronic Cigarettes Receives World Health Organization Award (June 29, 2020) On May 22, 2020, the Pan American Health Organization (the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO)) announced that the Mexican government had won an award in recognition of the ban on the importation of electronic cigarettes that it enacted in February 2020. The World No-Tobacco Day (WNTD) […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-06-29
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    Mexico: President Signs Law Granting Amnesty to Criminals Incarcerated for Certain Crimes (Apr. 24, 2020) On April 22, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed into law a bill passed by Mexico’s Senate two days earlier granting amnesty to persons incarcerated for the commission of certain crimes provided that applicable requirements are met. These crimes include the possession of narcotics in small quantities under a number […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-04-24
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    Mexico: President Urges Approval of Amnesty Law Because of Coronavirus Infection Risk in Prisons (Apr. 24, 2020) On April 15, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged Mexico’s Senate to pass the Amnesty Law to prevent the massive spread of the coronavirus in the country’s 17 federal and 292 state penitentiaries. The purpose of the law is to provide early release for people who have been imprisoned for […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2020-04-24
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    Mexico: Mexico City and Many Mexican States Make Wearing Masks Mandatory on Public Transit (Apr. 17, 2020) Mexico City’s rapid transit metro, the Collective Transportation System (Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, STC) reported in a press release on April 15, 2020, that to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the wearing of masks will be mandatory to travel by metro as of April 17, 2020.  The free distribution of one million […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2020-04-17
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    Mexico: Constitutional Amendment on Tax Forgiveness Passed (Mar. 26, 2020) On February 25, 2020, Mexico’s Congress passed a constitutional amendment generally prohibiting tax forgiveness except in a limited number of cases determined by statutory law. Background Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposed this amendment in 2019, arguing that tax forgiveness powers had been exercised excessively and baselessly by previous administrations. Specifically, […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-03-26
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    Mexico: Importation of Electronic Cigarettes Banned (Mar. 19, 2020) On February 19, 2020, Mexico’s president issued an executive order (EO) banning the importation of electronic cigarettes, which have been brought into Mexico from abroad in large quantities. The preamble of the EO explains that it was issued in accordance with article 131 of the Mexican Constitution, which provides that the president […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-03-19
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    Mexico: OAS International Forum on Prisons Spurs Mexican Reform Bills (Mar. 12, 2020) On February 6, 2020, the Organization of American States (OAS) released a statement summarizing the results of a Meeting of Officials Responsible for the Penitentiary and Prison Policies of the Americas, an OAS working group tasked with the formulation of measures aimed at improving prison systems. Mexico attended the meeting, along with […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-03-12
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    Mexico: President López Obrador Endorses Proposed Judicial Branch Reform (Feb. 27, 2020) On February 12, 2020, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, endorsed a draft bill to reform the judiciary. The bill had been drafted by Arturo Zaldívar, chief justice of the Mexican Supreme Court, but the president will submit the bill to the Mexican Congress because the chief justice is not […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2020-02-27
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    Mexico: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Right of People with Intellectual Disabilities to Marry (Feb. 18, 2020) On January 30, 2020, the Supreme Court of Mexico declared unconstitutional the provisions in the Civil Code of the State of Guanajuato that expressly prohibit persons with intellectual disabilities from marrying. The National Human Rights Commission filed an action before the Court at the end of 2018 arguing that article 503, section […]
    • Contributor: Gutierrez, Norma
    • Date: 2020-02-18
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    Mexico-US: Agreement on Patents Signed (Feb. 6, 2020) On January 28, 2020, Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property (Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, IMPI) announced that it had reached an agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) aimed at expediting the approval of patents in Mexico for individuals and companies that are already in possession of a […]
    • Contributor: Guerra, Gustavo
    • Date: 2020-02-06