Alongside that reform, Mexican authorities have attempted in recent years to professionalize the largely underpaid and poorly trained police forces to decrease their vulnerability to corruption.
Mexico has to replace the previous system of closed-door proceedings, in which evidence is presented to a judge largely in writing.
In an interview with the New Yorker, Del Castillo also said that coverage of her involvement was tawdry and sexist after flirtatious text messages between Del Castillo and El Chapo were leaked to the Mexican media, along with intelligence files on her journey with the actor to meet the fugitive capo.