Overview
- An official letter from the Órgano de Administración de Justicia was read in Tuesday’s session confirming the resignation.
- The Senate did not disclose the judge’s identity, and the person had been assigned to the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Jalisco.
- Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo said the Mesa Directiva turned the case over to the Justice Committee for analysis and a recommendation.
- This is the first formal resignation of a judiciary member elected under the new popular-vote model created by the 2024 reform and first used in June 2025.
- How to fill the vacancy has not been defined in current law, and a decision will depend on the committee’s review and a subsequent floor vote.