Overview

• The presidency sent Encinas’s designation to the Senate through the Interior Ministry, and the chamber referred it to the Foreign Relations Committee for analysis and a required report before ratification.
• The committee scheduled a session today to hear and vote on the nomination, with reports indicating it could reach the full Senate as early as the next session.
• Morena and its allies hold a majority on the committee, a balance described by outlets as conducive to swift approval.
• Encinas is a longtime public official and former human rights subsecretary who led the Ayotzinapa truth commission, and he would replace Luz Elena Baños if confirmed.
• The filing accompanied nominations of Laura Elena Carrillo to represent Mexico at UN agencies in Rome and Carlos Eugenio García de Alba as ambassador to Brazil, following recent tensions with the OAS over critiques of Mexico’s judicial and electoral processes.