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Judicial Administration Reassigns Magistrate María Emilia Molina to Chilpancingo

The abrupt, unexplained transfer of the AMJ leader is being read by colleagues as retaliation for her opposition to the judicial reform.

Overview

  • An official order dated Nov. 12 moves Molina from the Seventh Collegiate Civil Court in Mexico City to the Third Collegiate Civil and Labor Court in Chilpancingo to replace Jerónimo José Martínez Martínez.
  • The Órgano de Administración Judicial set the change to take effect on Nov. 18, giving her six days to relocate.
  • The oficio was signed by Filiberto Ibáñez Juárez, executive secretary of the OAJ’s Commission on Adscripción.
  • The Asociación Mexicana de Juzgadoras, which Molina leads, recently condemned police actions that pushed back retired federal judges protesting unpaid indemnities in Mexico City.
  • Retired jurists such as Julia García González and Miguel Luna publicly backed Molina and characterized the reassignment as punitive, with tensions following earlier departures like the resignation of Lilia Mónica López Benítez.