Overview
- The Supreme Court’s full bench exercised its power of attraction this week to centrally review amparo en revisión 790/2025 from Hopelchén, meaning the Pleno will study the case but has not ruled on its merits.
- The attraction passed by an 8–1 vote with Minister María Estela Ríos González dissenting, signaling majority interest in exploring novel legal protections for the melipona.
- Ministers said they will examine whether the melipona can be recognized as a subject of rights or as a protected legal element and whether Maya communities can act as custodians who sue on the bees’ behalf.
- The Court took two linked Homún cases at the same session concerning the Anillo de los Cenotes aquifer and the suspended PAPO porcine megafarm, tying pollinator protection to broader water and land governance questions.
- The melipona is a stingless bee long cultivated by Maya communities for medicine, ceremony and pollination, and a favorable ruling could change who can bring environmental claims and how authorities regulate fumigation, pesticides and agro‑industrial projects.