US EditionWith judicial elections approaching, Mexico struggles to vet candidates with criminal ties
- Mexico will hold its first judicial elections on June 1, including contests for nine Supreme Court justice positions.
- This election comes after a contentious judicial reform enacted last year and amid allegations that some candidates have connections to criminal groups and to the religious organization La Luz del Mundo.
- Civil society groups, led by Defensorxs president Miguel Alfonso Meza, filed complaints against 11 judicial candidates for ties to criminal activities and the sect led by a convicted sex offender.
- INE President Guadalupe Taddei stated that the electoral authority cannot annul approved candidacies but can annul individual victories after the elections, with official results validated on June 15.
- The complaints and the limited annulment powers of the INE suggest ongoing challenges in vetting candidates with potential criminal affiliations ahead of these landmark elections.
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With judicial elections approaching, Mexico struggles to vet candidates with criminal ties
Civil society organizations on Wednesday filed complaints against 11 judicial election candidates, alleging that they have links to organized crime or the Guadalajara-headquartered La Luz del Mundo religious sect, whose leader is a convicted sex offender. Miguel Alfonso Meza, a lawyer and president of the organization Defensorxs, filed a total of four complaints with the National Electoral Institute (INE). He was accompanied by representatives o…
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxOrganizations denounced to the INE 11 PJ candidates questioned for alleged links with organized crime or criminals.
Despite the lack of knowledge of citizens interviewed by Synthesis News, the majority made a call to vote; they considered this to be a tool to demand their rights TIJUANA, Baja California, 2 de mayor del 2025.- On March 30 began electoral campaigns in front of the next election of judges and magistrates in the judiciary of the federation and, during this month, you could have witnessed curious campaigns on social networks. However, in a poll co…
Dora Martínez, the candidate for the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in the judicial elections 2025, announced her position on the allegations against her in the Televisa Leaks case. We reproduce, in a textual way, the message and document of the official.
Paloma Wong / Grupo Canton. The INE Training Member in Quintana Roo said that, despite the resignations, the organization of the process is progressing smoothly. Chetumal.- 28 percent of the citizens who went out uninsulated to function as polling officers on the extraordinary election day of the Judiciary have resigned from [...] The post INE reports 28% of resignations among uninsulated citizens for election day appeared first on Quintana Roo …
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