Being a Candidate for Judge in Areas Besieged by Violence: “When I Love, I Look at if There Were Shootings and What Colonies I Can Go To”

Erika Córdova realized the danger of being a candidate for a criminal judge when she started campaigning in one of the municipalities in southeastern Jalisco, the state she is contending for in the judicial elections on June 1. “I was talking about my proposals, about what a district judge is doing, and a boy comes up to me and says to me: ‘So you’re going to be a criminal judge?’ I say yes, and he answers: ‘Ah, did you know that R40 lives here …

I begin by offering a wide and sincere apology to my four readers for the inadvertent absence of previous days, but a travesty of technology prevented me from carrying out, in the way I wanted and you already demand it, my task as an incipient columnist. Thanks to those who reported themselves, concerned, for knowing about the free destiny of the Encuadre (almost) daily. I clarified the point, to what follows. As the day of the judicial election…

The State Directorate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) of Mexico City called on militants and supporters to participate in the judicial election on Sunday, June 1. In an interview with 24 HOURS, Polimnia Romana Sierra Bárcena, secretary of organization in the new PRD of Mexico City, highlighted that it is a lot of money that the institutions are investing in this first election of judges, magistrates and ministers. Faced with this…

The Judicial Election in Mexico is emerging as one of the most complex ballots in the country’s recent history. Far from being simplified, the process has generated concern about the overwhelming number of candidates who will appear on the ballots. The key question for millions of citizens is clear: What are the ballots for the Judicial Election? On June 1, those who come to the polls will have to choose from 286 candidates for judicial office, …