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Rafael Guerra Re-Elected to Lead Mexico City High Court Through 2027

The vote followed a reform permitting reelection, coinciding with worker protests over pay and workloads.

Overview

  • The 79-member plenary gave Guerra 60 votes in an extraordinary session, clearing the required two‑thirds threshold.
  • His new mandate runs from January 1, 2026 to August 31, 2027, making it a third consecutive term and bringing his tenure to eight years.
  • After debating vote secrecy, magistrates decided by a 43-vote majority to preserve paper ballots rather than destroy them.
  • Outside the venue, judicial employees staged a stoppage seeking wage increases and objecting to his candidacy, citing heavy workloads, delayed benefits and alleged abuses of power.
  • Guerra’s plan prioritizes labor protections, a Unidad Violeta and mandatory gender and human-rights training, alongside gradual AI-driven digitalization and oversight of the civil and family procedures reform that shifts to administrative management units despite current backlogs.