Justice under fire

Workers overseeing the printing of ballots for judicial elections, as Mexico revamps its judicial system after years of rampant lawlessness, in Mexico City. — Reuters

CLERICAL workers in an Acapulco courthouse heard the shots ring out as they were wrapping up their workday.

Gunmen had opened fire on Magistrate Edmundo Roman Pinzon, a former president of the highest court in Mexico’s Guerrero state, killing him instantly as he tried to pull out of the parking lot.