In this article, Matteson Ellis and James Tillen described legal and compliance risks that companies operating in Mexico face following the Trump administration's designation of cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). "Now two months into the designations having taken effect, companies that operate in Mexico are learning how difficult compliance with such restrictions can be," the authors wrote. "As a result of these FTO designations, now is the time for companies to reevaluate their risk management efforts."