Overview
- The Commission of Investigation of the Judicial Discipline Tribunal announced the provisional suspension of an unnamed district judge based in Colima on November 3.
- The body cites a repeated pattern in at least four abbreviated criminal proceedings involving firearms and drug offenses where the judge reduced penalties agreed by prosecutors and defendants.
- Officials say the judge also granted conditional-conviction benefits and failed to meet prerequisites for abbreviated proceedings, resulting in due process violations.
- Appellate tribunals had already reversed those rulings and declared the judge’s actions contrary to law.
- The suspension invokes Article 187 sections III and IX of the Organic Law of the Federal Judiciary and protective measures under the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities and a former CJF agreement, marking the first case taken up by the commission since its October 29 installation.