Isabela Hernández-Peredo and Hilel Silvera Tawil, attorneys specialized in international litigation and regulatory compliance, explain the real scope of the FTO designation of Mexican cartels, the new legal, financial, and operational risks, and the concrete measures that business leaders, legal directors, and investors must adopt to anticipate them.
The designation of the main Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) by the United States government has redefined the risk landscape for any company with operations in Mexico or commercial ties with Mexican companies. What was previously managed as a security issue or an anti-money laundering matter is now located in the much more severe field of anti-terrorism law.
