Claudia Bolaños
Through a brief addressed to the president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, the presidents of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Carlos Gutiérrez Luna, and the Senate of the Republic, José Gerardo Rodolfo Fernández Noroñ reputation”.
Legislators argued that candidates are related to federal criminal causes in force for serious crimes such as sexual abuse, threats, injuries, peculation and organized crime, which makes them inecegable for the charges to which they aspire to articles 95 and 97 of the Constitution.
Next, the list of people indicated and the crimes that are charged to them:
1. Alejandro Tlacuahuac Zitlalpopoca
Postulate position: Magistrate of the Collegiate Court of the Sixth Circuit, Puebla
IMPUTED CRIME: sexual abuse
Folder: Fed/Fevimtra/FeIDHVM-PUE/0000623/2024
2nd Angel Antonio Villegas Cortés
Postulate position: Seventh Circuit District Judge, Veracruz
Imputed crimes: threats and injuries
Folder: FED/SDHPDSC/FEVIMTRA-CDMX/0001140/2019
3. Noel Castro Melgar
Postulate position: District Judge of the First Circuit, Mexico City
Crimes charged: peculation and sexual abuse
Carpeta: FED/BC/ENS/0001655/2024
4. Arturo César Morales Ramírez
POSTULATED POSITION: Magistrate of the Collegiate Court of the First Circuit, Mexico City
IMPUTED CRIME: Organized Crime (related to crimes against health)
Previous investigation: PGR/SIEDO/EUIDCS/050/2007
Note: It has a current arrest warrant.
5. Jesús Karina Almada Rábago
POSTULATED POSITION: District Judge of the Fifth Circuit, Sonora
Signal: she served as defender of a defendant linked to the Sinaloa cartel (organized crime, kidnapping, crimes against health and weapons for the exclusive use of the army)
Previous investigation: PGR/SIEDO/UEIDMS/369/2013
6. María de Jesús López Guzmán
Postulate position: District Judge of the Twentieth Circuit, Chiapas
Signal: Defender of a defendant for organized crime in the kidnapping modality
Previous Failure: PGR/SIEDO/EUIDMS/318/2014 – CRIMINAL CAUSE 057/2014
The signatories pointed out that the participation of these people in the extraordinary electoral process of Judiciary 2024–2025 puts at risk the legitimacy and integrity of judicial resolutions, since there are possible conflicts of interest, criminal records and links with illegal activities. In addition, they argued that their permanence in the contest could cause a serious affectation to citizen confidence in justice.
The request emphasizes that good reputation is not a mere formal requirement, but an essential pillar to ensure that those who give justice do so with ethics, impartiality and respect for the rule of law.
