Mexico’s Senate approves Supreme Court judge’s resignation

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has approved the highly unusual resignation of a Supreme Court associate justice amid an investigation into suspicious bank transfers.
The upper chamber accepted Eduardo Medina Mora’s resignation Tuesday by a vote of 111-3, with five abstentions.
Reports this summer raised questions about transfers to accounts in the United States and the United Kingdom that allegedly well exceeded Medina Mora’s declared income.
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