Ex-lawyer for Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo and former drug smuggler among candidates in Mexico’s judicial elections

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Mexico's first judicial elections are raising concerns about the rule of law. Candidates with questionable backgrounds, including a convicted drug smuggler, a dismissed judge accused of sexual abuse and corruption, and a lawyer who advised a violent cartel, are running for judicial positions. Critics fear this could increase organized crime's influence and jeopardize the integrity of the judicial system.