A scandal has erupted in Mexico over judicial rulings that raise questions about the rule of law. Federal judge Alfredo Montes de Oca in Toluca revived suspended measures and ordered the ex-husband to pay 100 million pesos monthly, and 59 companies, with whom he has had no ties for years, the same amount retroactively for six months. This situation is complicated by a previous reform that banned amparos against constitutional reforms, which has essentially predetermined the outcome of the case. In another case, a local judge in Chihuahua, in his final days in office, opened an alimony case based on a divorce settlement from 1959 and ordered a 96-year-old woman to be paid 100 million pesos monthly, securing his own illegal early retirement. These rulings have caused public outrage and cast doubt on the independence of the judiciary.
