Latest Mexico Headlines

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California Insurance Co. Hits Commissioner with Anti-SLAPP Motion

Nov 3 2020 // California Insurance Co. has filed an “Anti-SLAPP” motion the company says is to protect its First Amendment rights in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Insurance and Insurance...

UPDATE: Tropical Storm Zeta Makes Landfall in Mexico, Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast

Oct 27 2020 // Zeta will move into the Gulf of Mexico in the next few hours after making landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, then regain strength as it heads north toward Louisiana and likely comes ashore Wednesday.Now a tropical storm...

BP Evacuates Staff from 4 Gulf of Mexico Oil Platforms as Tropical Storm Zeta Intensifies

Oct 26 2020 // BP on Sunday said it has begun to evacuate four offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms and secure facilities as Tropical Storm Zeta sprang up in the Caribbean Sea.The 27th named storm of this year’s Atlantic...

Feds Ignore Risk of Huge Gulf Spills to Endangered Species, Suit Says

Oct 23 2020 // Environmental groups asked a federal court on Oct. 21 to throw out the Trump administration’s assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses...

Mexico Government Could Absorb Some Liabilities Arising from COVID-19 Vaccine

Oct 21 2020 // Mexico’s government could absorb some liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a fund to do so, a top official said.As various vaccine candidates make...

Applied Underwriters Sues California Over ‘Bad Faith’ Insurer Conservatorship Plan

Oct 21 2020 // Workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters is suing California Insurance Department officials to halt a state plan its says would force its workers’ compensation partner California Insurance Co....

New Mexico Lawmakers Say Farmers Shortchanged on Disaster Aid

Oct 19 2020 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of a federal agency after some farmers and ranchers were shortchanged on disaster aid and Hispanic farmers who rely on traditional acequias to...

New Mexico Nominee Named 2020 National Outstanding CSR of the Year

Oct 12 2020 // Austin, TX October 12, 2020 – Judi Vaughn, CIC, CISR, Account Manager for Kysar Leavitt Insurance Agency, in Farmington, New Mexico, has been awarded the most prestigious honor available to insurance customer service...

Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta

Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm.Delta struck Mexico’s...

U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane

Oct 7 2020 // Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its...

Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.

Oct 7 2020 // Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening.Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near...

Tropical Storm Delta Expected to Threaten Gulf Coast as Major Hurricane This Week

Oct 6 2020 // 10/06/2020 09:09 AM— Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane...

Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast

Oct 5 2020 // Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens...

New Mexico Disabled Woman Getting $300K Settlement

Sep 24 2020 // New Mexico State Police have reached a $300,000 settlement with a disabled woman who accused an officer of grabbing and handcuffing her after she refused to provide ID in 2016.Jessica Guttman claimed in her 2018 lawsuit...

Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University of New Mexico

Sep 21 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...

New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus

Sep 21 2020 // New Mexico officials have clarified that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students.“In no way will teachers or school...

Oil Industry Begins Cleaning Up, Restarting Gulf Operations After Hurricane Sally

Sep 17 2020 // Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf of Mexico operations after hunkering down for five days.The storm toppled trees,...

Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University Of New Mexico

Sep 14 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...

Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens; Louisiana Braces for Another Hurricane

Sep 13 2020 // 09/13/2020 06:09 PM— Tropical Storm Sally strengthened off the west coast of Florida on Sunday and was poised to become a category 2 hurricane, bringing the threat of dangerous storm surges and high winds to the U.S....

Meteorologists Tracking Potential Storm Threats Across Atlantic

Sep 11 2020 // While a tropical storm approaches Bermuda, the threat of more powerful systems is expanding across the Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa.Tropical Storm Paulette probably will become a hurricane on Sept. 13 as it...