It took only 22 days for Mexico’s controversial internal security law, approved by congress at the end of 2017, to face a serious legal challenge. On 12 January the supreme court (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación – SCJN) said it would consider a case arguing that the law is unconstitutional, filed by the municipality of San Pedro Cholula in Puebla state. The federal transparency and data protection agency (Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos – INAI) also said it is challenging the law in a separate submission to the SCJN. End of preview - This article contains approximately 549 words.
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