Lago Agrio oil field US attorney, Steven Donziger, had used "corrupt means," including payment of almost US$300,000 in bribes, to obtain the 2011 court verdict in Ecuador. The judge did not rule on the underlying issue of environmental damages. While the US ruling does not affect the decision of the court in Ecuador, it has blocked efforts to collect damages from Chevron in US courts. Donziger and the two Ecuadorian defendants appealed, and on August 8, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment against them in all respects. In September 2018, the District of Columbia
Ecuador–Mexico relations oil, wood and fish products. Ecuador is Mexico's eleventh biggest trading partner while Mexico is Ecuador's sixth biggest trading partner. In 2011, Mexican companies invested over $2 billion USD in Ecuador and Ecuadorian companies invested $8 million USD in Mexico. Ecuador–Mexico relations Ecuador–Mexico relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Mexico. Both nations are members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Latin American Integration Association, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations. Ecuador and Mexico are two nations that share a common history by being both once part of the