Adrián Guadalupe Aguirre Hernández, a federal judge in Jalisco, submitted his resignation just two months after taking office through the 2025 judicial elections. He becomes the first judge to step down following that electoral process. The Senate of the Republic accepted his resignation during an ordinary session this Tuesday.
Adrián Guadalupe Aguirre Hernández took office as a federal judge at the Centro de Justicia Penal Federal de Jalisco two months ago, after winning his position in the 2025 Judicial Power elections. He submitted his resignation through an official document to the Órgano de Administración Judicial, which in turn informed the Senate's Mesa Directiva. The Senate plenary voted this Tuesday and accepted the resignation in an ordinary session. The document was addressed to the president of the Mesa Directiva, Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez. Aguirre Hernández was assigned to the Centro de Justicia Penal Federal in Jalisco, with residence in Puente Grande.
Aguirre Hernández is a lawyer graduated from the Centro Universitario de Monterrey, with official recognition of studies from the Universidad de Guadalajara. He holds a master's degree in Derecho Acusatorio y Adversarial from the Escuela Judicial del Supremo Tribunal del Estado de Jalisco (2024-2025). His experience includes internships at the Escuela Judicial del Consejo de la Judicatura Federal as an auxiliary to the SISE legal analyst, and later as an administrative officer in the Juzgado Sexto de Distrito de Procesos Penales Generales in Jalisco. He also worked at the Juzgado Noveno de Distrito de Amparo en Materia Penal in Jalisco. From 2021 to 2025, he served as a litigating lawyer at the Despacho Jurídico Especializado en Materia Penal.
During the 2025 judicial election, he competed for the position of district judge, listed as number 12 on the ballot and nominated by the Poder Ejecutivo Federal. In his curriculum vitae, published on the INE's ¡Conóceles! portal, he highlighted competencies such as extensive knowledge of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, experience in criminal litigation, legal analysis and problem-solving, and mastery of the Accusatory Penal System.
This resignation sets a precedent in Mexico's newly implemented judicial election system, though specific reasons are not detailed in the public documents.