In ruling SUP-REC-39/2017, Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal described the system of posts in a Chatino community in Oaxaca, governed by its own customs. “Para pasar de un cargo a otro, los ciudadanos esperan de uno a cuatro años” (To move from one post to the next, citizens wait one to four years). “El cargo confiere prestigio a quien lo cumple” (The post confers prestige on the person who fulfills it).
The posts come before membership in the Consejo de Ancianos, the Council of Elders.