Overview
- The Commission of Investigation of the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial provisionally suspended a federal district judge seated in Colima for repeatedly cutting negotiated penalties in at least four abbreviated proceedings tied to firearms and drug offenses.
- The TDJ cited breaches of Article 187, sections III and IX, of the Organic Law of the Federal Judiciary and said the judge also granted conditional-sentence benefits, creating due-process violations.
- Appellate courts had already corrected some of the rulings, finding the sentence reductions were contrary to law.
- The TDJ said the suspension is intended to prevent concealment or destruction of evidence, stop ongoing harmful effects, avoid obstruction of the administrative probe, and protect potentially affected persons under LGRA Article 123 and legacy CJF rules.
- This is the first resolution by the newly installed Commission, and Proceso identified the judge as Sergio Alberto Sigales Obrador Garrido as the TDJ continues its investigation with public pledges of zero tolerance and respect for due process.