Mexico is about to become the only country in the world where voters elect all judges. This “constitutional reform” was promoted as an anticorruption measure. It may have the opposite effect. Powerful economic interests and violent criminals, including drug lords, will now have easier access to the judiciary.

They are all campaigning for positions in Mexico’s first judicial election on June 1. More than 2,600 contenders are vying for 881 positions from Mexico’s Supreme Court down to district courts across the country. In 2027, another election is planned to elect 800 more judicial positions.

One of the men who shot up Democratic leaders’ homes more than two years ago, stood in court Wednesday and apologized before a judge sentenced him to

Attleson is asked if the party has lost its way and about how the party should respond after Donald Trump made inroads in the state in the 2024 presidential election.

On the heels of the New Mexico Legislature approving a $3.2 million increase in its annual appropriation for University of New Mexico Athletics — $11.7 million for the coming fiscal year, up from $8.5 million this fiscal year — more investment help is on the way.

Sheinbaum welcomed new ambassadors to the National Palace, including new U.S. ambassador Ronald Johnson, in the early afternoon.

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