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 Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) will limit the applications of amparos (habeas corpus injunctions), which it says have been “abused excessively” by lawyers. On Tuesday, June 7, the court approved a jurisprudence that would limit, specifically, amparos known as “seekers,” which have been requested by people who suspect they are under investigation for a crime, but
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a year and a half behind bars without bale or a trial, and as a result of unsubstantiated allegations against her by her uncle, Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, Alejandra Cuevas Morán received word from the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) on Monday, March 14, that she will remain imprisoned at Santa
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 7, ruled that abortions performed on rape victims cannot be prosecuted legally. The Supreme Court stated that it is unconstitutional to penalize victims of rape who abort, even during the second or third trimester. Currently, abortion is legal only in Mexico City and two Mexican states, Oaxaca, and,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During his daily bully pulpit spiel on Monday, April 19, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was asked by one of his faithful followers whether he considered the proposed extension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar’s term of office a potential violation of the Mexican Constitution. Not surprisingly, AMLO, who “suggested” (read, “mandated”) the extension
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The demise of two top judges during the early half of October is rattling the Mexican juridical system…
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