translated from Spanish: Increasingly, the internal crisis of THE TEPJF is becoming increasingly evident

Mexico.- With the unconformation of five judges, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation (TEPJF) faces a crisis, especially by the decision of Judge President José Luis Vargas.This May 19, five of the seven judges of the Superior Chamber, Reyes Rodríguez, Felipe de la Mata, Janine Otálora, Indalfer Infante and Felipe Fuentes, were disjoined for the third time , in less than three months, with decisions described as unilateral and driven by the Judge President, José Luis Vargas. 
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Read more: Immigrants are arrested in Puerto Rico after arriving on a boatOn this occasion, they rejected the president’s request that magistrates make their senses known in advance in sentences to be put to the public session. 

The five judges, with the exception of Monica Soto, noted in an office that the proposal is illegal, which undermines their autonomy and independence and debate in a collegiate body. José Luis Vargas’ request arose after last week it was announced that the magistrates will stop holding private sessions to discuss sentences that would later be voted on in public sessions. On 9 March, the five judges were unchecked by José Luis Vargas, who had refused to recognize an agreement voted on with the Council of the Judiciary. On 22 April he was accused of acting unilaterally, postponing sessions on the dismissal of Morena’s candidates in Guerrero and Michoacán. Yesterday, in an interview with MVS, Vargas attributed the situation to a power struggle within the Court…. And 9 months later they do not say even PioThe Electoral Court cannot solve the case of Pío López Obrador, who is investigated by electoral authorities, for alleged irregular financing in Chiapas in 2015. The case, which is reviewed by Judge José Luis Vargas, was to be analyzed on Wednesday, but was postponed again without justification. Read more: FGR must report how many investigations are against Peña Nieto In his resources, the President’s brother alleges the alleged limitation of the crimes against him, as well as the alleged illegality of the evidence with which the INE initiated the indegatory.

Immigrants arrive on Puerto Rico coasts and tourists help them escape



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