Overview

• By unanimous vote, the SCJN upheld a June 8, 2022 INAI ruling that the Presidency must disclose 15 oficios on Semar leadership and activities.
• The Court found much of the contested content is already public, including information published during the López Obrador administration.
• The records cover names and adscriptions of admirals and vice admirals as well as training and adiestramiento tied to multinational naval exercises.
• The Presidency’s security-based appeal was declared unfounded, and the secretary particular must determine what is already public and apply targeted redactions to any sensitive passages, including 13 previously classified oficios.
• Justice María Estela Ríos González was recused for conflict because she filed the appeal as the Executive’s legal counsel in the prior administration.