Mexico judge orders congress not to discuss controversial judicial reform - legal document

Reuters · 08/31 20:34
Mexico judge orders congress to discuss controversial judicial reform - legal document

- A Mexican judge ordered the Lower House of Congress to discuss a controversial judicial reform scheduled to be taken up by lawmakers the first week of September, according to a legal document reviewed by Reuters on Saturday.

The judicial reform, pushed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has generated tensions with the United States and has sparked concern in global financial markets.


(Reporting by Diego Ore, writing by Laura Gottesdiener)

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