Mexico's top court elects its first female chief justice

Justice Norma Lucia Pina was sworn in as the first female president of Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday.

 “I recognize the significant decision of the majority of this full court to break what seemed to be an inaccessible glass ceiling,” she said.

Her appointment, after a 6-5 majority vote, was a setback for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had backed another woman for the top post.

Pina pledged to maintain the independence of the country’s highest court.

“Judicial…