Book
El Crtel Judicial: Radiografa de Un Poder Fallido / Judicial Cartel. X-Ray of a Failing Power
(Write a Review)
Paperback
$18.95
Al ms puro estilo de las organizaciones criminales, como si se tratara de un crtel, as opera el Poder Judicial en Mxico. No es fortuito. Pareciera que este rgano ha sido secuestrado y convertido en una cofrada de letrados, hombres y mujeres, que se olvidaron de la ms alta encomienda de imparticin de justicia. J. Jess Lemus usa el argot criminal como analoga para entender este nivel de gobierno como un poder fallido, pues en trminos generales, nos dice el autor, hoy opera como si se tratara de una organizacin criminal ms, como una de las tantas que perviven en Mxico. Solo que esta "organizacin" no opera desde la clandestinidad. En lo que Lemus denomina el Crtel Judicial se cambiaron las casas de seguridad por juzgados, los centros clandestinos de mando por lujosas oficinas, los uniformes de faena, armas y carrilleras por togas, jurisprudencias y amparos, y todos los juzgadores caminan empoderados, intocables, sin ser molestados o cuestionados por la opinin pblica. El Crtel Judicial es una investigacin periodstica de largo alcance que pretende exponer de cuerpo completo los vicios enquistados dentro del Poder Judicial. Aqu hay nombres y datos precisos, casos detallados, eventos judiciales particulares que pretenden contribuir a la exposicin de las causas que hacen evidente y urgente la necesidad de una reforma constitucional que modifique la estructura actual de este poder y garantice la supresin de los jueces-dioses que hoy tenemos: poderosos, inalcanzables, antidemocrticos y oscuros. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Judicial Cartel can be as lethal as the most violent criminal groups. A sentence--groundless, given lightly, without any proof, with tainted evidence, or to satisfy personal interests--can be worse than death.
In the purest style of criminal organizations, Mexico's Judicial Power operates as if it were a cartel. It is not fortuitous. It would seem this branch has been overrun and turned into a guild of lawyers, both men and women, neglecting the highest duty of imparting justice. J. Jess Lemus uses criminal slang as analogy to understand this branch of the government as a failing power, since generally speaking, states the author, it operates as if it were just another criminal organization, one of many that thrive in Mexico. Only that this particular "organization" does not operate underground. In what Lemus calls the Judicial Cartel, drop houses are replaced by courtrooms; clandestine command centers are now luxurious offices; work clothes, guns, and chinstraps are traded for robes, jurisprudence, and injunctions, and every judge walks empowered, untouchable, unbothered or questioned by public opinion. Judicial Cartel stems from wide-raging investigative journalism aiming to expose the full length of the Judicial Power's ingrown vices. Here you will find names and accurate information, detailed cases, particular judiciary events that intend to contribute in the exposition of the very reasons that make the need for a constitutional reform obvious and urgent, one that modifies the current structure of power and guarantees a full suppression of these judge-gods we have today: powerful, unreachable, antidemocratic, and dark.
Al ms puro estilo de las organizaciones criminales, como si se tratara de un crtel, as opera el Poder Judicial en Mxico. No es fortuito. Pareciera que este rgano ha sido secuestrado y convertido en una cofrada de letrados, hombres y mujeres, que se olvidaron de la ms alta encomienda de imparticin de justicia. J. Jess Lemus usa el argot criminal como analoga para entender este nivel de gobierno como un poder fallido, pues en trminos generales, nos dice el autor, hoy opera como si se tratara de una organizacin criminal ms, como una de las tantas que perviven en Mxico. Solo que esta "organizacin" no opera desde la clandestinidad. En lo que Lemus denomina el Crtel Judicial se cambiaron las casas de seguridad por juzgados, los centros clandestinos de mando por lujosas oficinas, los uniformes de faena, armas y carrilleras por togas, jurisprudencias y amparos, y todos los juzgadores caminan empoderados, intocables, sin ser molestados o cuestionados por la opinin pblica. El Crtel Judicial es una investigacin periodstica de largo alcance que pretende exponer de cuerpo completo los vicios enquistados dentro del Poder Judicial. Aqu hay nombres y datos precisos, casos detallados, eventos judiciales particulares que pretenden contribuir a la exposicin de las causas que hacen evidente y urgente la necesidad de una reforma constitucional que modifique la estructura actual de este poder y garantice la supresin de los jueces-dioses que hoy tenemos: poderosos, inalcanzables, antidemocrticos y oscuros. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Judicial Cartel can be as lethal as the most violent criminal groups. A sentence--groundless, given lightly, without any proof, with tainted evidence, or to satisfy personal interests--can be worse than death.
In the purest style of criminal organizations, Mexico's Judicial Power operates as if it were a cartel. It is not fortuitous. It would seem this branch has been overrun and turned into a guild of lawyers, both men and women, neglecting the highest duty of imparting justice. J. Jess Lemus uses criminal slang as analogy to understand this branch of the government as a failing power, since generally speaking, states the author, it operates as if it were just another criminal organization, one of many that thrive in Mexico. Only that this particular "organization" does not operate underground. In what Lemus calls the Judicial Cartel, drop houses are replaced by courtrooms; clandestine command centers are now luxurious offices; work clothes, guns, and chinstraps are traded for robes, jurisprudence, and injunctions, and every judge walks empowered, untouchable, unbothered or questioned by public opinion. Judicial Cartel stems from wide-raging investigative journalism aiming to expose the full length of the Judicial Power's ingrown vices. Here you will find names and accurate information, detailed cases, particular judiciary events that intend to contribute in the exposition of the very reasons that make the need for a constitutional reform obvious and urgent, one that modifies the current structure of power and guarantees a full suppression of these judge-gods we have today: powerful, unreachable, antidemocratic, and dark.
Paperback
$18.95