The day opened with an Indigenous purification ritual in Mexico City’s Zócalo square, followed by the handover of the Staff of Command to the incoming justices. Later, the nine-member panel, dominated by allies of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party, was sworn in during a Senate ceremony.
Sheinbaum praised the reform as a “profoundly democratic event,” while Hugo Aguilar, a lawyer known for defending Indigenous rights, assumed the role of chief justice.
