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Chamber of Deputies Heeds Electoral Court, Delays INE Election
According to Jucopo president and the National Regeneration Movement’s parliamentary coordinator Ignacio Mier, the INE electoral process will not be resolved until on or after Feb. 1
Read moreJudge Orders Restoration of Mexico’s Full-Time School Program
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Mexico’s Third District Judge in Administrative Matters of Mexico City, Yadira Medina Alcántara, enacted a nationwide amparo (legal injunction) to restore the country’s Full-Time Schools program (ETC), which was controversially ended in anticipation of the implementing the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) led government’s The School is Ours (LEEN) initiative by the end of
Read moreThou Shalt Not Kill
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE The Catholic Church has raised its critical voice on the distressing issue of crime in Mexico, all in good time. The call prompted me to talk with my friend, the Catholic poet Julio Hubard, about the ethical responsibility of the state to defend its citizens. Enrique Krauze: The government has wanted to surround the “hugs, not
Read moreMexico’s Electoral Weekend Ends with Controversy
By KELIN DILLON Following Mexico’s Sunday, June 5, elections, held throughout the states of Aguascalientes, Durango, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, and Tamaulipas, there have been at least 59 complaints filed with the Electoral Crimes Prosecutor’s Office (Fisel) throughout the entire electoral process and a pending judicial appeal surrounding the results in Tamaulipas, showing Mexico’s well-documented electoral issues still persist. The
Read moreSupreme Court Rejects Chamber of Deputies’ Budget Cuts to INE
By KELIN DILLON After repeated contention between Mexico’s autonomous National Electoral Institute (INE) and the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), which resulted in the National Regeneration Movement-led (Morena) Chamber of Deputies attempting to slash the INE’s budget by 5 billion pesos amid the country’s mandate revocation controversy, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) – Mexico’s highest court
Read moreOne Year after Line 12 Crash, Metro Problem Still Unresolved
By KELIN DILLON In the one year following the May 3, 2021, tragic Line 12 metro accident in Mexico City that killed 26 passengers, few steps have been taken to ensure the preventable accident does not happen again, nor that its victims are taken care of. The collapsed portion’s reconstruction is still lagging on, Mexico City has avoided civil litigation
Read moreZaldívar Misrepresents SCJN’s Vote on Electric Law’s Constitutionality
By KELIN DILLON Just days after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform was blocked from passing in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, the constitutionality of his Electricity Industry Law (LIE) has now been called into question once again as it has been revealed that the head of the Supreme Court (SCJN), Arturo Zaldívarm incorrectly registered the votes
Read moreSupreme Court Brings Alejandra Cuevas Closer to Freedom
By KELIN DILLON After 522 days of imprisonment in Mexico’s Santa Martha Acatitla prison, Alejandra Cuevas Moran – the niece of Mexican Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero – is one step away from securing her release from lockup, as the country’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) could potentially order her immediate release in a hearing scheduled for Monday, March
Read moreMexico’s Fiscal Trials Increase by 94 Percent in 2021
By KELIN DILLON More than 23,000 trials pertaining to tax-related issues were carried out in Mexico during 2021, a significant increase from the pandemic-afflicted year of 2020, when only 11,871 trials of the same nature took place. However, considering the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (TFJA) was closed from March 18 to June 30, 2020, due to covid-19 pandemic health
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