Overview
- Senate justice and legislative commissions circulated the dictamen for a vote, translating a June presidential initiative into changes to criminal procedure.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly endorsed the mechanism, saying anonymity would protect judges’ lives in organized crime and extradition matters.
- The Órgano de Administración could order identity protections on a founded request, delegate urgent measures, and must ratify or end them in plenary session.
- Criteria require a probable, real and grave risk, weighing the accused’s role, a group’s capacity to cause harm, prior intimidation attempts, and available security alternatives.
- The measure mandates ex officio periodic review and revocation if conditions change, allows parties to seek review, and requires judges to attest to competence and no conflicts.