Mexico's Bold Move Against Foreign Election Interference

Mexico's Senate has approved a constitutional amendment targeting 'foreign interference' as grounds to annul elections. This includes illicit financing, propaganda, misinformation dissemination, digital manipulation, and foreign interventions. The lower house backed the amendment, challenging a key constitutional article.

In a decisive move, Mexico's Senate approved a constitutional amendment on Friday that establishes 'foreign interference' as grounds to annul elections.

The amendment, supported by the lower house a day prior, poses a significant challenge to an existing article of the constitution.

The definition of foreign interference now encompasses illicit financing, propaganda, systematic misinformation, digital manipulation, and interventions by foreign governments or agencies.