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Piña Issues Final Report as Judicial Reform Reshapes Mexico’s Supreme Court

The document was briefly posted then removed from the Court’s website before a public summary scheduled for August 26.

Foto: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación.
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Overview

  • Norma Piña’s 563-page management report covering 2023–2025 says the Court operated through one of its most complex periods due to the sweeping 2024 judicial overhaul and external pressures.
  • The report details internal accountability efforts, with 1,130 administrative investigation files opened and 36 final sanctions imposed, including two dismissals, seven disqualifications and three financial penalties.
  • Piña reports a 714 million peso budget reduction this year—about 12.1% of requested funds—prompting strict containment measures on personnel and operating expenses.
  • She frames the Court’s role in the lineage of the 1994 reform and warns that preserving autonomy, impartiality and respect for the rule of law will determine the Judiciary’s future.
  • The First and Second Chambers are set to disappear on August 31 under the 2024 reform, with Loretta Ortiz Ahlf and Javier Laynez Potisek to present their final chamber reports on August 26.