Overview
- The Supreme Court ordered a provisional halt to actions tied to the legal fight between Ciudad Juárez mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar and former Chihuahua governor Javier Corral to prevent potential legal or administrative harm.
- In a separate decision reported by Proceso, the justices unanimously threw out Pérez Cuéllar’s complaint aimed at forcing the state prosecutor to charge Corral for contempt, saying he had to first use a local appeal required under a 2024 change to Mexico’s amparo law.
- The broader dispute stems from the mayor’s accusations that Corral committed tax fraud and failed to meet requirements in a land title transfer, claims he ratified in a 2022 filing with the Chihuahua prosecutor’s office.
- The Court’s actions pause enforcement and related steps, and neither Pérez Cuéllar nor Corral has issued a detailed public response as the case moves through federal review.
- A provisional suspension in Mexico is a common tool that keeps government or legal measures on hold to avoid irreversible effects while the Court studies the merits, and it does not decide guilt or liability.