Ambassador Warns of Drug Cartel Risks to Mexican Judiciary from AMLO Bill
- Ambassador Ken Salazar publishes statement on reform
- Election of judges is ‘major risk’ to democracy, Salazar says
Ken Salazar
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Drug cartels will find it easier to infiltrate Mexico’s judiciary if a plan to have judges elected by popular vote is approved, according to a senior US official.
The proposal, the core objective of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s judicial reform, is a “major risk” to the functioning of the nation’s democracy, according to US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.