Overview
- The Supreme Court granted ISSSTE an amparo against more than 5 billion pesos in property taxes, approving a project written by Batres in a 6–1 vote.
- During that debate, a colleague stepped aside due to past involvement, and Batres urged the Court to keep the case on the agenda rather than delay it.
- Court records show three ISSSTE appeals are now in Batres’s docket: 603/2025 on a 33,000‑peso pension cap, 142/2026 challenging an internal limit that was not published in the federal gazette, and 84/2026 on shifting ISSSTE and IMSS funds to the Pensions for Wellbeing program.
- Under Mexico’s amparo law, a party must ask a minister to recuse, so concerns about appearances do not remove a judge unless a legal cause is invoked.
- Media accounts diverge on conflict-of-interest claims, with an opinion column calling the setup nepotism and a Proceso legal analysis arguing no legal conflict exists because the ISSSTE’s trial representative is not its director general.