Overview
- Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies cut the 2026 request for the Federal Judiciary to 70,155,128,646 pesos from 85,960,228,646 pesos.
- Line‑item reductions in Mexico include 14,056 million pesos for the Judicial Administration Body, 661 million for the Supreme Court, and 260 million for the Electoral Tribunal, with no cut to the Judicial Disciplinary Tribunal.
- Mexican scholar Juvenal Lobato argued the cut weakens the Judiciary and could jeopardize the online case system and pension payments following the loss of judicial trusts.
- Constitutionalist Eduardo Andrade countered that core judicial work and worker benefits can be preserved by trimming non‑jurisdictional spending.
- In Argentina, presidents of federal criminal chambers warned the proposed 2026 budget implies an 8% overall reduction and a 74% cut to capital goods, urging revisions as the government secured a majority committee report with final debate still subject to negotiations and possible delay.