Veracruz Governor Cuitláhuac García’s rally against Mexico’s Supreme Court included distasteful displays against Supreme Court Chief Justice Norma Piña, actions later applauded by López Obrador
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Following the Mexican Supreme Court’s invalidation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial Plan B electoral reform, the federal executive aims to seek revenge against the court by means of public referendum
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For her part, Piña used her speech at the ceremony as an opportunity to advocate for Mexican judges to solely be appointed based on prior qualifications rather than arbitrary means
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO One day after Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled against his jail-no-bail policy to imprison anyone charged with white-collar crimes, such as embezzlement or tax evasion, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) on Friday, Nov. 23, ordered his Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat (SSPC) to disobey the mandates of judges, calling the ruling “an act
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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican Bar Association (BMA) has asked Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to stop threatening judges who rule against his government plans. Through a public statement signed by its president, Claudia de Buen, the BMA rejected the latest threat launched by López Obrador against Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo Peña, who stopped the implementation of the new
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 1, the New York City Bar Association released a statement accusing the actions of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) continued public threats against Mexican judges who rule against him as violating international law and the legal standards for judicial independence as outlined by the Mexican Constitution, the American Convention on Human Rights
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Most tourists and visitors to Mexico likely assume laws and customs are similar in here to their home countries. So what’s legal and what’s not when taking pictures or shooting video, especially in the context of younger generations documenting every move in life? The rules of the game are very different in Mexico when compared,
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Unless you have been arrested for being involved in a bar brawl, public urination or driving while intoxicated, you probably did not even know a certain type of court exists in Mexico. While other countries have traffic court, small claims or other type of lesser-infraction courts, in more and more communities, including in Mexico City,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Friday, April 29, that he has ordered the expropriation of all private land that crosses the Tren Maya tourist train route, property which he said is currently is in the hands of real estate agents who “are only out to make a profit.” Speaking during his
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By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 14, Mexican Undersecretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell announced that one million minors at-risk of contracting covid-19 will receive vaccinations against the virus, a choice affirming the multiple court rulings that have given children in Mexico the right to be inoculated. López-Gatell said the shots against covid would be given to children
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