Mexico's top court accepts constitutional challenge to judicial overhaul

FILE PHOTO: Security officials stand outside the main entrance to Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico City, Mexico August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Paola Garcia/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to consider a constitutional challenge to the controversial judicial overhaul enacted last month that will move the country over the next few years to a system of popularly elected judges.

(Reporting by Diego Ore and Noe Torres; Editing by Anthony Esposito)