Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. June 3, 2024. Credit: ENEAS via Wikimedia Commons Mexican Drive to Elect Federal Judges Concerns Legal Sector and Investors
Lawyers and investors worry that judges will answer to political parties and that more dark money will influence the judicial system.
June 20, 2024 at 01:57 PM
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is pursuing his plan to replace the country's federal judiciary with elected judges and magistrates before he steps down on Sept. 1—a move that has the legal sector and investors on edge.
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