The new president of the Supreme Court, Hugo Aguilar Ortiz (left), and the minister of Mexico’s highest court, Yasmin Esquivel, receive the staff of office in a traditional ceremony held by representatives of indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples in Mexico City’s Zócalo square on Sept.1, 2025. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images
More than 800 new Mexican justices, magistrates, and judges were sworn in and assumed their positions in the country’s judiciary on Sept. 1 as part of the government’s controversial sweeping judicial reforms.
In Mexico City’s Zócalo, the Senate, and local communities, 881 justices, magistrates, and judges took part in ceremonies to be sworn into office after the country’s first-ever elections for the Judicial Branch on June 1.
