The Mexican government submitted proposed changes to Congress to the judicial reform approved in 2024, El Pais reported May 20. The modifications include introducing stricter criteria to assess candidates, reducing the number of contenders and postponing the next judicial election until 2028 so as to avoid overwhelming the country's electoral bodies during the 2027 general election.

Former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presented the judicial reform in September 2024, during his last month in office, and Congress approved it in a matter of weeks thanks to his Morena party's comfortable legislative majority. Mexico held its first judicial elections in June 2025, when voters picked nearly 2,700 judges, though turnout was just 13%.