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Mexico’s Top Court Set to Weigh Draft Upholding CDMX Eviction Law as Activists Plan Blockade

Housing groups press for a delay to allow public hearings on a 2019 reform they say stripped minimum safeguards.

Overview

  • The draft by Justice María Estela Ríos González would reject the Mexico City Human Rights Commission’s challenge and validate Article 60 as revised in 2019, with a vote slated for Monday, January 19.
  • The 2019 change removed minimum protections for people facing eviction, including advance notice, limits on use of force, and relocation options for vulnerable residents.
  • Organizations and evicted tenants, including residents from República de Cuba 11, called for a blockade outside the Supreme Court at 8 a.m. on January 19 to seek suspension of the discussion and a meeting with justices.
  • The CDHCM pursued the case as an action of unconstitutionality, arguing the reform violated the human-rights principle of non-regressivity.
  • Activists allege the shift followed pressure from real estate interests, naming figures tied to GDC Desarrollo, and they report frequent arbitrary evictions and irregular judicial practices across Mexico City.