U.S. Troops Ordered Into Mexico as President Vows 'Not On Our Watch!
A retiring legal titan warns that Mexico's new judicial reform will be a "historical error," just as the new president faces down a U.S. troop threat and the potential closure of a historic Nissan plant.
MEXICO CITY — In a bombshell interview just weeks before he's out the door, a top Supreme Court justice has slammed the government's controversial judicial overhaul, calling it a "historic error" that will cost the country dearly.
Outgoing Minister Javier Laynez Potisek warns that Mexico is on the verge of destroying its entire system of judicial experience in favor of a popularity contest that will install a tailor-made court beholden to political masters. "I'm not an opponent of the government," Laynez declared, "but I believe that in this reform they made a mistake and it will cost us a lot, a lot as a country."
