Overview

• Yasmín Esquivel Mossa and María Estela Ríos González are scheduled to be sworn in as SCJN ministers on September 1, 2025.
• Esquivel brings more than 38 years in public service, including 23 in the judicial sphere, and previously led the Supreme Court’s Second Chamber.
• Ríos has over five decades of academic and public-management experience, serving as federal legal counsel from 2021 to 2024 and holding labor- and rights-focused posts.
• Esquivel’s campaign emphasized continuous training, modernization with ethical standards, and a justice system closely aligned with society, with additional goals such as gender parity among judges.
• Ríos proposed clearer and more accessible rulings, faster procedures through technology, and a gender perspective in justice, and she publicly backed the reform shifting judge selection to popular vote.