Mexico’s ruling party headed toward control of newly elected Supreme Court, vote tallies show

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling Morena party appeared to be heading toward control over the Supreme Court, preliminary vote tallies of the country’s first judicial election indicated.

While votes were still being counted for the majority of the 2,600 federal, state and local judge positions up for grabs in Sunday’s judicial elections, results rolled in for the nine Supreme Court positions.

The majority of the newly elected justices share strong ties and ideological alignments with the ruling party...