By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Feb. 28, Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) finally decided upon a date to discuss the case of Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero’s deceased brother, Federico Gertz, whose death has caused has caused repeated controversy among Gertz and his extended family, with the case now set for SCJN intervention on March 14. The
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Jan. 10, relatives of Mexico’s Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero plead their case before the president of the Supreme Court Justice (SCJN), begging for the release of their 68-year-old mother, Gertz’s niece, who the Attorney General’s Office had imprisoned for the supposed negligent homicide of her father and Gertz’s blood brother, who died in
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 25, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled to remove preventative detention in the country for financial crimes, including smuggling, tax fraud and the sale of false invoices, saying it violates the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), a 2019 reform to Mexico’s Article 19
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar said Saturday, Aug. 7, that he will not accept an extension of his term, despite the fact that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) railroaded an initiate through Congress to allow a proposed breech of the constitution with a two-year extention. After four months of criticism from
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Mexico’s Naval (Semar) Secretary José Rafael Ojeda Durán on Friday, July 16, for stating that he considers the country’s judiciary branch as an “enemy” because it includes judges who prevent arrests. “This is a clear symbol of the militarization of Mexico and the degradation of the
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By KELIN DILLON A qualified majority of Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) on Monday, June 28, ruled that there can be no absolute prohibition of marijuana for recreational use within the country, after taking just one hour and a half to deliberate on the issue, essentially legalizing cannabis in Mexico. The ruling struck down Articles 235 and 247 of the General
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) President Arturo Zaldívar announced on Monday, June 14, that he would have the court examine the constitutionality of his recently-approved three year term extension, now known as the Zaldívar Law. “I am beginning the procedure for the plenary session of the SCJN to determine, as soon as possible, the constitutionality of
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By KELIN DILLON The controversial law extending the term of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) President Arturo Zaldívar by three years, known as the Zaldívar Law, was published into effect on Monday, June 7, just one day after the biggest elections in Mexico’s history. The amendments to the Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the
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By KELIN DILLON Contested Venezuelan incumbent President Juan Guaidó, who challenged Venezuela’s current President Nicolás Maduro amid the country’s decade-long economic crisis, issued a warning to the Mexican people ahead of the midterm elections, slated for Sunday, June 6, on, from his experience, how to spot ways the government could be weakening the nation’s democracy. “Against the undermining of democracy,
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Justice in the Arturo Zaldívar Case
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