Mexico Pauses Relations With US, Canadian Embassies Amid Judicial Reform Concerns

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced a halt in relations with the U.S. and Canadian embassies after their ambassadors raised concerns over his judicial reform proposal. Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that the embassies will have to be respectful of Mexico’s sovereignty for relations to be reestablished. He did not elaborate on the potential effect of the pause. “They have to learn to respect Mexico’s sovereignty,” Lopez Obrador said during a press conference on Tuesday. He noted that the pause was with the embassies and not with the countries. The U.S. and Canadian embassies in Mexico didn’t reply to The Epoch Times’ requests for comment by publication time....