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Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal Confirms Poza Rica Recount, Delays ‘Acordeones’ Sanctions Review, Rejects Sansores Complaint

The newly configured court paired a push for certainty in a razor‑thin municipal race with restraint on a non‑electoral dispute.

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Ricardo Salinas Pliego ganó un round legal contra la gobernadora Layda Sansores. El máximo tribunal electoral no admitió su queja por violencia política de género, tras los insultos y burlas que él publicó en su contra.
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Overview

  • By 5–2 vote, the TEPJF’s Sala Superior left intact lower-court orders for a vote‑by‑vote recount in Poza Rica covering 51 packages, after dismissing Movimiento Ciudadano’s challenge on procedural grounds.
  • In the original tally, MC’s Emilio Olvera led Morena‑PVEM by 500 votes (0.8%), and the recount, scheduled to begin on September 10 at 09:00, will test whether that margin holds.
  • The decision came on the first project from new magistrate Gilberto de Guzmán Bátiz, backed by Mónica Soto, Felipe de la Mata, Felipe Fuentes and Claudia Valle, with dissents from Janine Otálora and Reyes Rodríguez.
  • A planned ruling on INE fines for appearing in judicial election ‘acordeones’ was postponed after new magistrates Claudia Valle and Gilberto Bátiz filed 132 recusals; Otálora circulated a draft to revoke the penalties and order a fuller INE inquiry, while Rodríguez proposed confirming them.
  • The Sala Superior also overturned an electoral route for Layda Sansores’ complaint against Ricardo Salinas Pliego, finding the alleged conduct non‑electoral, and separately annulled José Luis Ruiz Contreras’ election as a San Luis Potosí magistrate for inelegibility while restoring Zelandia Bórquez to a judicial discipline post.