Overview

• The Supreme Court voted 5–4 to exercise its power of attraction over Amparo en Revisión 54/2024 concerning the long‑standing arrest order for Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca.
• The review stems from a request by the federal prosecutor’s office, which seeks to reinstate the 2022 warrant tied to allegations of organized crime and money laundering.
• The case now moves to a justice who will draft a proposed ruling for the full court, and a final decision on executing the warrant remains pending.
• The original order was issued on October 4, 2022 by a federal judge in Almoloya de Juárez after probes alleging the ex‑governor favored companies via public‑works contracts totaling about 105 million pesos.
• Lower federal courts in Tamaulipas twice granted amparos to nullify the arrest for insufficient proof, while the ex‑governor asserts on social media that he is a victim of political persecution; the state government separately reports 70 complaints over resource diversions exceeding 343 million pesos.