Yolanda Carolina Salcedo Pérez ran in the June 1 judicial election for National and International Adoption judge in Mexico City and won. On September 1, she was sworn in before the city’s Congress, and five months later she resigned from the post.
In a letter dated January 29 and addressed to Jesús Sesma, president of the Board of the Permanent Commission of the capital’s Congress, Salcedo Pérez informed him of her decision to irrevocably resign from her position as elected judge of the Fourth Family Court of Written Proceedings of the local Judiciary.
“This decision is based on personal reasons, so I respectfully request that, through you, it be submitted for consideration and, if applicable, approval, following the corresponding legal process and informing the relevant authorities so that said body is not left without leadership,” the letter states.
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The resignation was approved on February 5, Constitution Day, by the Permanent Commission of Congress.
Worked at the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office
Yolanda Carolina Salcedo Pérez served as Director of Procurement and Services Contracting at the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJCDMX). She was also Deputy Director of Process Reengineering at the same institution.
Her candidacy for judge in the judicial election was put forward by the city’s Executive Branch, led by Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada.
During the campaign for the election of judges, she posted on social media that she had 14 years of professional experience and offered “justice with a human face,” stating that she had always defended the best interests of children.
“Today I take one more step: I want to be your judge,” she wrote on May 6.
Salcedo Pérez’s resignation is part of a broader set of resignations by elected judges at both the local and federal levels in different states. Since September, cases have been recorded in Durango and Tamaulipas.
Another case is that of Indira Abigal Hernández Villalba, who resigned on November 7 as a first-instance criminal judge of the Veracruz Judiciary.
Background
In September 2024, the judicial reform was approved, mandating the election of judges by popular vote. The first election took place on June 1, 2025, in which judges, magistrates, and justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation were elected.
Judicial elections at the state level were also held in some states. Those elected took office on September 1.
Another election is expected, possibly in 2027, to choose judges whose courts or tribunals were not selected in the corresponding lottery process.
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