Mexico's sweeping judicial overhaul passed in the Senate earlier on Wednesday could have significant implications for the nation's sovereign credit rating, Moody's Ratings warned in a report. The reform,

Mexico’s Senate approved the text of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system, bringing his party closer to controlling the only branch of government that eluded the outgoing leader during his six-year term.

Mexico's Senate has approved a controversial judicial reform under which judges will be elected by popular vote. Its supporters say the changes will make judges more accountable to the Mexican people but critics argue it undermines the country's system of checks and balances and will strengthen the power of the governing Morena party.

A tiger has been found alive and well a week after the feline escaped from a Mexico zoo near the Texas border and put residents in the area on edge. The Reynosa Department of Public Safety took to Facebook on Tuesday to confirm that the male Bengal tiger named Tony has been captured in Los Longoria,