Overview
- The Pleno met in a public plaza in Tenejapa, Chiapas, marking its first session outside Mexico City since 1917, with Tzotzil interpretation and ministers appearing without robes in traditional attire under President Hugo Aguilar.
- At issue is Amparo 344/2025 from the tsotsil community of La Candelaria seeking formal recognition of its self-government as a subject of public law under Article 2 of the Constitution.
- Minister Loretta Ortiz’s draft declares a legislative omission by the Congress of Chiapas and orders a regulatory framework for indigenous self-government, explicitly stating this does not create a “fourth level” of government.
- The project links Chiapas’s obligations to a forthcoming federal general law and contemplates a 180‑day period for the state legislature to act once that law takes effect.
- The agenda also featured a controversy over Hidalgo’s charrería heritage designation, with a draft affirming the state’s competence, and an amparo from the rarámuri community of Tehuerichi proposing recognition of its traditional government and validation of community-issued documents.