Sheinbaum Government Charges Judges for Alleged Release of Over 100 Criminals · Global Voices

After the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, accused several judges of allegedly favoring criminals, the president headed his conference in Palacio Nacional on Friday, May 9. “There are 193 determinations, almost 200 decisions of judicial bodies that favored or intended to benefit alleged criminals with transfers, releases and final discharges,” the official said during the presidential press conference on Thursda…

The government of Claudia Sheinbaum has pointed out a handful of federal judges for having issued resolutions that allegedly benefited criminals. Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch has included on the list judges who changed the defendants from prison, released them or delayed their extradition proceedings to the United States, case of the Z-40, Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, leader of the bloodthirsty Los Zetas cartel. The judges’ display, m…

The Secretary of Security accuses judges of changing the precautionary measures so that more than 100 alleged offenders would be released from prison.

In an atmosphere of growing tension and polarization with regard to the Mexican justice system, there has been a strong controversy about responsibility for impunity and the advance of organized crime. Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, said that “the original sin of judicial reform is the lie of attributing impunity and the increase of criminal power entirely to judges...when the problem begins in the inaction an…

On May 8, 2025, Omar Hamid García Harfuch, head of the Federal Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), accused several judges of changing the precautionary measures so that more than 100 alleged criminals could be released from prison starting in 2024. During the morning press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo - held from the Treasury Room of the Palace… Source

Omar Garc to Harfuch exhibited them for issuing judgements that have facilitated the release of persons linked to serious crimes.