Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called her country's judicial election 'extraordinary,' despite turnout of less than 13%. Mexico becomes the first country on Earth to elect all its judges, from state level to the Supreme Court.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has defended a judicial election meant to transform the country’s court system.

Discussion of Mexico's first-ever judicial elections — at which citizens were tasked with electing 881 federal judges and 1,801 local ones — dominated Sheinbaum's mañanera today.