Ground News – Mexican judicial reform: boost for democracy or gift to drug cartels?

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Mexican Judicial Reform: Boost for Democracy or Gift to Drug Cartels?

Analysis-BUENOS AIRES — Populist governments love to control the judiciary. We have seen it in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to limit the judiciary — presumably to avoid ongoing lawsuits against himself — and in President Donald J. Trump’s nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court to shift the balance in favor of conservatives. Such antics are a classic feature of politics in our region, where liberal democracy is…