Overview
- The Labor Secretariat and the federal conciliation center activated legal assistance and monitoring, placing plants tied to Hopkins, Centric Parts, Brake Parts/Cardone, Autolite and Tridonex under supervision.
- Worker guard actions and protests continue at sites in Ciudad Juárez, Matamoros and Mexicali after closures and reports of machinery being removed from facilities.
- Chihuahua authorities set a February 4 deadline for indemnification proposals or collective lawsuits will proceed, and workers in Mexicali’s Autolite case have a conciliation hearing scheduled for February 9.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the government will seek buyers to preserve production, while independent unions pursue precautionary embargoes and report potential interest in Subensambles and JPP units.
- Union counsel said a Houston bankruptcy judge deferred a decision on a $144 million financing request for two weeks, and the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of founder Patrick James and his brother on fraud charges linked to the collapse.