Mexico's Congress Approves AMLO's Judicial Reform to Elect 7,000 Judges

Sep 4, 2024, 12:20 PM

Mexico's lower house of Congress has approved a sweeping judicial reform proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday morning. The reform includes making more than 7,000 federal judges popularly elected and broadening pre-trial detention among other measures. This marks the first step toward shifting the country to a system where nearly every judge is elected to office. The general text of the proposal was approved on Tuesday. The proposal has sparked protests from legal experts and citizens.