Judicial candidacy 2025: district judge in Mexico
This judicial candidacy of 2025 in Mexico was Dr. Carlos Rodolfo Yañez Peralta's run for district judge in the Twenty-Seventh Circuit, which covers Quintana Roo. It was the country's first popular election of federal judges.
This note is kept as a professional record. It is not campaign material and asks for nothing: the process is over.
What the election of the federal judiciary was about
The judicial reform published in the Federal Official Gazette on 15 September 2024 changed how federal judges are appointed in Mexico: from examination and appointment to popular election.
The first vote was held on 1 June 2025 and covered the Supreme Court, circuit courts and district courts. According to the reform, candidates run by judicial circuit, not by political party.
What a district judge does in the Twenty-Seventh Circuit
A district judge decides federal matters at first instance: constitutional relief (amparo), federal administrative, civil and commercial cases. It is the entry point of the federal justice system.
The Twenty-Seventh Circuit is the federal judicial district covering the state of Quintana Roo, seated in Cancun — the same district where the firm works and where correduría number 5 is licensed.
Why this note is still published
Because a judicial candidacy is verifiable public information about the person who signs this site, and in a law firm the principal's record is part of what a client is entitled to weigh.
The rest of the profile — doctorate, corredor público licence and presidency of the national college of fedatarios — is on who signs this firm, with the sources to check it.
Frequently asked questions
Why did Mexico elect judges by popular vote?
Because the constitutional reform published on 15 September 2024 replaced the appointment system. Federal judges used to reach the bench through examination and appointment; since that reform, the post is put to a popular vote.
What was voted on 1 June 2025?
Posts across the federal judiciary: Supreme Court justices, circuit magistrates and district judges, plus local posts in the states that aligned their calendar with the federal one.
What is the Twenty-Seventh Circuit?
The federal judicial district covering the state of Quintana Roo, seated in Cancun. It is the same district where the firm practises and where correduría number 5 is licensed.
Why does a law firm publish its principal's candidacy?
Because it is verifiable public information about the person who signs the matters, and a principal's record is part of what a client is entitled to weigh. It gets published in full or not at all.
What is a mixed-matter district court?
One that hears every federal matter — constitutional relief, civil, administrative, commercial and criminal — instead of a single one. It exists where the circuit has no courts specialised by subject, which is the case across much of the country. The 2025 candidacy was for a court of this kind.
Source: public statutes and registries consulted for this page.