Silvia Delgado weaves between cars selling flyers as the driver sits near the Bridge of America, connecting Mexico with the United States.

“I represent the Criminal Law Judge,” she said brightly. “Vote No. 12 in the voting document!”

The happiest thing was to tangle through their windows and accept her flyer. But in a rather unique election on Sunday, Mexicans will choose the first time in the entire judiciary in the country by direct voting - Silvia Delgado is not an ordinary candidate.

Her most famous client's name is apparently a brief biography on her pamphlet: She is Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, the defense attorney for the infamous poison ord.

Her critics say her past defending the Sinaloa Cartel should disqualify her from judgement. She gave the idea briefly.

"Why do my job?" she retorted, and her disciple immediately made any suggestions about conflicts of interest.

"In order to defend people's personal assurances? Is it safeguarding enough technology for humans? Why should this make me illegal?" she asked.

Silvia Delgado has not been convicted of any crime, has faced no charges, and has not been investigated - whether it is her connection with Chapo or anything else.

But a leading human rights and transparency group in Mexico called Defensorxs, put her on the election’s 19 “high-risk candidates” list. In addition to Ms. Delgado, the list includes a candidate for convictions of drug trafficking and another facing charges of planning violence against journalists.

Miguel Alfonso Meza, director of the Defender, believes that the so-called "high-risk candidate" is a danger to the legitimacy of the Mexican judicial system:

"A person who has worked with the cartel, even as a lawyer, is hard to leave. It's not even a good person or a bad person," Mesa said.

"Sinaloa Cartel is not just 'El Chapo' Guzman. It's a company with criminal and financial interests that has been addressed in the justice system. The cartel can urge her to show loyalty because she is already an employee of them."

Silvia Delgado clearly mentions Defensorxs and Miguel Alfonso Meza.

"It's totally stupid," she has brainpower, claiming that she challenged them to "dig out as much of her past as possible." She also dismissed their main allegation that she was paid for by drugs and that she could suffer damage if she was elected to judge.

"How can you prove this? The payment I received is the same as any normal monthly payments that the attorney, the legal team members paid to me. I'm not his daughter, sister or anything. I'm a professional."

Ms. Delgado is competing for one of more than 7,500 judicial positions to compete for – from local district courts to all nine Supreme Court justices.

During the discussion, judicial reforms prompted widespread protests among law students and strikes in the legal system. Its critics argue that electing every judge in Mexico is equal to the politicization of the country's judicial system.

"Of course, this is a political attack (to the judiciary)" said Miguel Alfonso Meza.

He added: "Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador doesn't like being restricted on judicial power. When the pressure gets too high and the restrictions are too tight, the only solution they find is to eliminate all judges in the country."

The reform was passed before President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, but she was a staunch supporter of the reform, and polls showed voters were widely recognized.

Supporters noted that the United States, Switzerland and Bolivia elected many judges. But Mexico will be the first country in the world to elect all of these countries. The market still doesn't believe investors are worried about the prospect of the ruling party controlling the president, legislative branches and judiciary.

Miguel Alfonso Meza believes that the problem will come from “the agreement and negotiations that judges must come up with political actors… in order to get the support needed to win the election”.

Olivia Aguirre Bonilla is one of 64 candidates seeking a seat in the Supreme Court. Her legal background is also from Juarez, who is in human rights law and activist against gender-based violence in infamous dangerous border cities.

Like all candidates, Ms. Aguirre Bonilla had to pay for her campaign from her own pockets - the candidate was banned from accepting public or private funds and forbidden to purchase ad spaces. So she mainly uses social media to push her 6-point plan, from cutting high salaries to opening Supreme Court hearings to the public.

Although she acknowledged criticism of the potential politicization of the Mexican judicial system, Aguirre Bonilla believes that voting is an opportunity to meaningfully change the collapsed, corruption and devilish judiciary.

“I think all citizens of Mexico are politicized and we are all part of public life,” she said.

"The difference here is that our 'untouchable' legal system - which is unshakable because it is controlled by elites and privileged - will be voted for the first time in history. It will be democratic by the popular vote."

Aguirre Bonilla believes that many people in the judiciary are connected through influence and family, which lacks the legitimacy of the executive and legislative branches.

“This vote will grant true independence to the judicial system because it is not chosen by the President of the Republic, but is chosen by the Mexican people to represent them.”

So far, the debate about constitutionality and legality, the debate about the process and candidates has been painful and fierce.

Now everyone’s eyes are turning to the polling stations, especially in turnout and abstentions, which are indicators of Mexican support for reform.

As for the lady Silvia Delgado, who defended Mexico's most wanted toxic lord, she just hopes that the people of Ciudad Juárez will respect her work enough to sit down and judge other criminals brought before her.