US has 'significant concerns' about proposed popular election of Mexican judges, embassy says


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  • Wednesday, 28 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on, as Mexico's Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez (not pictured) informs of the detention of drug traffickers Joaquin Guzman Lopez, El Chapo Guzman's son, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, during a press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States has "significant concerns" about issues which could spring up as a result of the popular election of judges in Mexico, the U.S. embassy said in a diplomatic note uploaded by the ambassador on Tuesday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said earlier in the day that he had paused relations with the U.S. embassy, but not the U.S. as a whole, after the ambassador's comments on the reform.

(Reporting by Kylie Madry; editing by Cassandra Garrison)

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