Mexico’s Senate has approved a radical plan to have voters elect all its judges, a move that has weakened its currency and risks undermining investor confidence in the US’s biggest trading partner.
After a frantic day in which protesters stormed congress, the opposition denounced threats from the ruling Morena party and an opposition senator was detained, the changes were passed early on Wednesday in a general vote by the required two-thirds majority, with 86 votes in favour and 41 against.
The measures had already passed the lower house and after more discussion of individual articles in the Senate in the next few days will go to state legislatures, most of which are dominated by Morena, for final approval.
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