Third judge on Mexico's top court resigns, citing judicial reform

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators walk in front of the The National Art Museum (MUNAL) as they protest along the streets after a highly contested judicial reform proposal was passed in the Senate in Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Another judge on Mexico's Supreme Court will resign, she announced on Wednesday, making the jurist the third in two days to do so after a constitutional overhaul was enacted last month that requires all judges be elected by popular vote.

Judge Margarita Rios will step down from her post next August, she wrote in a letter to the Senate. She will not run for election, she added.

(Reporting by Kylie Madry and Lizbeth Diaz; Editing by David Alire Garcia)