Overview
- The TEPJF’s Sala Superior revoked more than 6 million pesos in sanctions tied to widely circulated voting guides, closing hundreds of cases without ordering further investigation.
- The ruling, taken in the court’s final full session under President Mónica Soto, passed 3–2 with votes from Soto, Felipe Fuentes and Felipe de la Mata, over dissents by Reyes Rodríguez and Janine Otálora.
- Two newly appointed magistrates, Claudia Valle and Gilberto Bátiz, recused themselves because they were also sanctioned in the fiscalization proceedings.
- The majority concluded the INE did not prove authorship, financing, distribution or a concrete electoral benefit, citing limited evidence such as 336 physical guides and insufficient proof of reach or impact.
- Otálora favored revoking but sending the files back for a fuller probe and Rodríguez sought to confirm the fines, while observers have warned the mass use of such guides compromised vote freedom and equity; the bench now shifts to six members, raising the prospect of tie votes.