2024

Mexico’s new government, led by its first female president Claudia Sheinbaum, faces an unprecedented crisis of political violence that threatens to undermine the country’s stability and democratic institutions. The brutal murder of Alejandro Arcos Catalán, the newly elected mayor of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, has sent shockwaves through the nation and highlighted the persistent threat posed by organized crime to Mexico’s political landscape. 

On September 11, Mexico passed a highly controversial judicial reform that would restructure its entire judicial system from the ground up. This historic shift in government structure would radically change several aspects of the Mexican judicial system; the most important of these being that instead of the usual procedure of being appointed as highlighted in the Mexican constitution, judges will now have to be elected by the people.