Overview

• The Interior Ministry formally delivered the presidential initiative to the Senate, centering on narrowing suspensions when public order or state functions could be affected.
• In cases of UIF account freezes, judges could not grant provisional relief and definitive unblocks would require proving the lawful origin of funds, with officials citing 3,659 amparos and roughly 32 billion pesos released since 2018.
• Judges would be barred from suspending closures to keep permitted businesses operating and from halting broad UIF data requests to banks, with limited access allowed for basic subsistence or payroll obligations.
• The draft adds an optional digital amparo and tightens the estándar de interés legítimo to require a real, direct, and certain injury to obtain suspension.
• A clause removes criminal liability when authorities prove legal or material impossibility to comply; Sheinbaum defends the plan as expediting justice, opponents warn of weakened protections, and senators plan an open forum as Ernestina Godoy and Arturo Zaldívar prepare a public briefing on Friday.