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 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.

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 ...

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.

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

Amid a growing clamour for an overhaul of the system of appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and high courts, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has said that no reform could be carried out in ...

The highlights this week: Mexico holds judicial elections, Haiti’s interim government hires a U.S. mercenary service, and an Ecuadorian grandma gains a global online following.

Chief Justice Jo has described the reform as an issue “affecting the nation’s future for the next 100 years.” Judicial reform must be guided by public consensus and the judiciary’s input.

Nigel Farage’s recent run of political success stalled after his insurgent Reform UK suffered a pair of high-profile departures and came third in a Scottish election that it had hoped might ...