Holding court

Who's who in the new judiciary roster, plus...Morenazis?

Welcome to The Mexpatriate and all the Mexican news that’s fit to write a newsletter about.

In today’s letter, I catch up on the judicial election results and the florid reactions to the new telecommunications law passed in the Senate on Saturday.

Stay tuned for an update on changes coming to the newsletter later this week.

One month ago, somewhat nonplussed Mexican voters went to polling stations across the country to elect local and federal judges for the first time.

The results have taken some time to emerge, and unsurprisingly, have been fraught with controversy. The first to be validated by the National Electoral Institute (INE) were results for the Supreme Court (SCJN), which will be led for the first time by an indigenous chief justice since Benito Juárez. Hugo Aguilar Ortiz was profiled by The New York Times last week and has already made a stir in the national conversation with his decision to forego traditional robes in favor of indigenous attire, saying this will give the Supreme Court a “new image of multicultural integration.”

Here is a shortlist of the other noteworthy or contentious winning judicial candidates making headlines: