Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will propose former Mexico City legal counsel Néstor Vargas as the Executive’s member of the newly created Órgano de Administración Judicial.
• Under the new judicial law, the OAJ replaces key functions of the Consejo de la Judicatura Federal alongside the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial, has five six-year seats filled by the Executive, the Senate and the Supreme Court, and is set to begin in September.
• A former collaborator accused Vargas on November 8, 2022 of aggravated sexual abuse and sexual harassment, filing case CI‑FIDS/FDS‑6/UI‑FDS‑6‑01/01880/11‑2022 with the Mexico City prosecutor’s sexual crimes unit.
• Proceso reported that the FGJCDMX has not responded to requests for the investigation’s status, so the procedural outcome remains unknown.
• After the complaint became public, Vargas stayed in senior roles, was ratified by interim CDMX head Martí Batres, and most recently led the Unidad de Asuntos Jurídicos at the Secretaría de Gobernación.