Overview
- The amparo reform took effect on October 17 after publication in the federal gazette, narrowing standing to demonstrable personal legal harm and tightening access to suspensions.
- Citing the revised Article 59, the Supreme Court held that recusals against justices and magistrates only proceed on the case merits and must be dismissed when aimed at accessory or procedural matters.
- The first application arose in a matter linked to businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who seeks to recuse Minister Lenia Batres from a pending Supreme Court case.
- The Mexican Bar Association argues the changes restrict both provisional and definitive suspension, empower judges to summarily discard dilatory petitions, and allow preventive detention even when an amparo exists.
- The Bar also warns the third transitory article implies retroactive application that could affect ongoing cases, as one minister urged clarity on how the new rules apply to proceedings already underway.