Overview
- The Commission of Investigation of Mexico’s Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial imposed a provisional suspension on a Colima-based federal judge for acting to reduce agreed sentences in at least four abbreviated proceedings involving firearms and drug offenses.
- Appeals courts had already corrected several of the judge’s rulings, finding the reductions and conditional-sentence benefits contrary to law and violative of due process.
- The tribunal cited Article 187, fractions III and IX, of the Organic Law of the Federal Judiciary and applied safeguards under the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities to prevent evidence tampering and further harm.
- This is the first resolution by the Commission since its installation on October 29, with officials stressing due process, transparency, and zero tolerance for unlawful conduct.
- Proceso reported the judge’s name as Sergio Alberto Sigales Obrador Garrido and covered President Claudia Sheinbaum’s remarks linking the judge to violence in Colima and her letter to judicial authorities; the tribunal’s statement did not disclose the name.