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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fabiola Snchez

Mexico's first elected Supreme Court faces critical test of independence

Mexico Supreme Court - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held the country’s first judicial elections.

Just three of its nine justices have any experience on the high court, the rest are new, including the court’s president Hugo Aguilar, a lawyer who spent his career defending Indigenous rights.

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