Overview
- Magistrates Dulce Yanet Vega Camacho and Lourdes Guadalupe Ávila Tovías of the First Collegiate Tribunal in criminal and labor matters in Tamaulipas were suspended by the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial’s Discipline Commission.
- The body said the judges issued resolutions contrary to the case record and improperly corrected the petitioner’s legal arguments to shield former governor Eugenio Hernández from U.S. prosecution for alleged criminal association and money laundering.
- According to official accounts, the file sat inactive for seven years before the magistrates, without the case being listed, resolved recusal and excuse incidents and granted the amparo in early December 2025, overturning a prior denial.
- The commission cited Supreme Court jurisprudence that extradition decisions are an executive function, noting the Foreign Ministry had approved Hernández’s extradition in March 2018.
- The judges will remain suspended during an inquiry by the Órgano de Investigación de Responsabilidades Administrativas, which could lead to responsibility proceedings and sanctions, as the commission’s president warned their continued presence could undermine confidence in impartial adjudication.