Indigenous rights defender elected head of top Mexican court

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Published On: 05 Jun 2025, 19:51

  MEXICO CITY, June 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Hugo Aguilar, an Indigenous rights defender and former advisor to Mexico's Zapatista guerrilla movement, won election to become the head of the country's Supreme Court, official results showed Thursday.

  The change in the key post, long reserved for elite jurists, follows unprecedented elections on Sunday in which Mexico became the first country in the world to choose all judges at the ballot box.

 

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