Overview

• The reorganized judiciary’s 2026 proposal includes 565 million pesos for Alimentos y Utensilios, a 37% increase over this year, spanning the SCJN, OAJ, TEPJF and the Tribunal de Disciplina.
• The OAJ requested an additional 134.4 million pesos for courts and tribunals in this category, but said the plan was inherited from the previous leadership and could be modified by the Chamber of Deputies.
• The SCJN’s share proposes 47.2 million pesos for food in 2026, about 48% above 2025, and the court lists 42 food-service technicians paid roughly 31,000 pesos gross per month.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum called for a roughly 15 billion peso reduction to the Judicial budget and suggested directing savings to health, stating ministers should earn less than the president under austerity.
• All nine current SCJN ministers signed an agreement to slash ordinary and additional benefits—eliminating the food allowance and converting gasoline, phones, vehicles and training into a request-based gasto operativo—while keeping base salaries at 135,961 pesos per month.