Overview
- In an August 13 session, the Federal Judiciary Council resolved to reinstate Molina Martínez to the Quinto Tribunal Colegiado en Materia del Trabajo in Mexico City effective September 1, 2025.
- The council’s agreement instructs Molina to respect the labor rights of all judicial personnel attached to his tribunal.
- In October, his decisive vote compelled the CJF to provide the Senate with lists of judicial vacancies, weakening Supreme Court President Norma Piña Hernández’s influence over the council.
- Judicial staff across Mexico staged protests in response to that vote, signaling deep resistance to recent procedural changes within the judiciary.
- Molina will join Verónica De Gyves Zárate, Celia Maya García and Bernardo Bátiz Vázquez—figures aligned with the ruling “fourth transformation”—in taking up magistrate roles at the newly formed Judicial Discipline Tribunal on September 1.