Regulatory compliance news for Caribbean businesses — AML, KYC, corporate governance, and financial regulation updates across CARICOM and Latin American jurisdictions.
Mexico's anticorruption ministry said on 20 September 2026 that its own forensic monitoring located a Telegram listing offering more than 15 million records attributed to Aeromexico, and that it would investigate of its own motion. The airline has filed nothing with the SEC since 22 September.
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Alvaro Pulido Vargas appeared in the Southern District of Florida on 13 October 2026, two days after the Justice Department announced his arrest. The 2021 indictment against him charges four money laundering counts, and two of the charged transfers left accounts in Antigua and Barbuda.
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One regulation, 31 C.F.R. 1010.610, governs every correspondent account a US bank holds for a foreign financial institution. The Bank of America order of 13 October 2026 finds the bank carved its own foreign branches out of that standard, applying "reduced requirements" until December 2024.
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Bank of America's US$1.21 billion anti-money laundering penalty of 13 October 2026 follows Merrill Lynch settlements in 2017, 2023 and 2026 that found similar monitoring gaps, high thresholds and closed alerts. FinCEN's US$1.2 billion credits the OCC's US$750 million penalty.
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Alvaro Pulido Vargas is due in a Miami federal court on 13 October. The 2021 indictment charges four wire transfers, and two of the four left accounts in Antigua and Barbuda. About US$33,750,295 reached the Antiguan account from a Venezuelan state fund. The bank is never named.
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A British auditor flagged US$214.4 million of ExxonMobil's Stabroek Block costs in March 2021. Guyana triggered the contract's dispute procedure in September 2024. The parties could not agree a sole expert within the 30 days Article 26 allows, and the matter is now with the ICC.
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ExxonMobil says ring-fencing changes when Guyana is paid, not how much. Ghana ran the same argument and audited it. Uganda's section headed ring fencing is not the ring-fence. Norway kept its fence and paid the losses out instead.
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Guyana's share of Stabroek profit oil reached 39.8 per cent once ExxonMobil recovered its investment. Two developments awaiting approval could return it to 12.5 per cent if they are not ring-fenced.
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The Audit Office already audits the Natural Resource Fund, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The Auditor General said on Friday he will resubmit a proposal for a dedicated oil and gas unit.
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The Partnership for National Unity said on 26 September that it backs the Guyana Development Bank and wants the President's proposal to name loan applicants before approval withdrawn. The Act leaves most of what it asks for to the Minister and the board.
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Three bids from two bidders were opened on 17 September 2026 for Guyana's natural gas liquids storage and offloading facility. Lindsayca Guyana Inc priced two options, at US$537.1m and US$493.4m. China CAM Engineering Co Ltd priced one, at US$27.97m.
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Guatemala's Congress passed two fuel measures eleven days apart. One suspends the taxes, one caps the price and pays importers the difference from a Q2.5 billion fund. Together they commit about Q5.8 billion, or US$762 million. President Arevalo must decide on the second.
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