These are not isolated events; they happen because state officials in Mexico protect organized crime—not occasionally but routinely, at various levels of government. Often, officials face a simple ...

The judicial reform on which the judicial election of 1 June 2025 is based goes back to the first corresponding announcements by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in 2023. As early ...

The greatest number of votes went to Hugo Aguilar Ortiz, a lawyer close to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Ms Sheinbaum’s predecessor and the architect of the judicial reform.

Sunday’s judiciary election was a government power grab cynically disguised as an exercise in democracy. It won’t lead to a more just Mexico. June 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT By Juan Pablo Spinetto ...

DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the ...

The judicial reform was spearheaded by former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who made a rare public appearance to cast his vote, describing the initiative as a historic ...

Ordinary citizens often face a justice system that feels distant or rigged against them. But instead of addressing these ...

Reasoning for the judicial reform Karhi said, "To be at the whim of [Supreme Court Chief Justice] Isaac Amit and [Attorney-General] Gali Bahrav-Miara is not a democracy. Majority rules!" ...

Demonstrators shouts slogans against the country’s first judicial elections, while holding signs that read in Spanish, “RIP Democracy” at a protest in Mexico City, Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Mexico becomes the first country in the world to elect all of its judges. President Claudia Sheinbaum has cast the judicial reform as a key component of her efforts to curb Mexican criminal ...

Latin America Mexico’s Judicial Elections Are a Triumph for Its Left Wing Sheinbaum’s party Morena has consolidated its control over the country.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday defended a judicial election meant to transform the country's court system, as poll workers tallied votes after a weekend marked by low ...