There are two entities in question: you and the object.<p>You are within the jurisdiction of the U.S. And can be held in contempt, charged (even in absentia), etc.<p>The object is now within the jurisdiction of Mexico so it gets complicated. A Mexican court can be petitioned to require the entity that (unwittingly or not) possesses it to turn it over, etc.<p>The difference with data Ina server is that a company has the power to turn it over regardless of where it&#x27;s stored and the U.S. Government is having their hat on that.<p>By physically locating servers in other jurisdictions you have to comply with their laws too and that gets complicated. You can end up Ina situation where one government doesn&#x27;t recognize the authority of the other and you&#x27;re damned if you do, damned if you don&#x27;t.<p>Personally I find the constant overreach of the U.S. Government to be appalling and entirely short term I it&#x27;s thinking.