Overview
- The Supreme Court plenary approved a motion by Minister Loretta Ortiz Ahlf that declares María Estela Ríos González legally impeded from hearing two amparos after Ríos left the session before the vote.
- The impediment applies to amparo directos 18/2026 and 19/2026, which challenge the administration by Semarnat of two La Paz properties called Jesús María and El Encantado.
- The court based the decision on Ríos’s prior role as Director General of the Property Rural at Sedatu, during which she is reported to have signed or defended the administrative acts now under challenge.
- The ruling is procedural and does not decide who owns or controls the land; the files must be reassigned to a different ponencia to continue review and that reassignment can delay a final ruling on the merits.
- The underlying dispute began with Desarrollo Zapal, a company linked to Invecture Group, seeking to use the sites for an open‑pit mine and losing at the Tribunal Unitario Agrario in 2023 while some press reports note business ties between Invecture figures and associates of Ricardo Salinas Pliego without formal corporate ties.