The Salinas Group called the Supreme Court spurious and illegitimate after the court ruled for the second time in less than a week on matters related to its companies and Ricardo Salinas Pliego. An additional fine was also imposed for attempting to recuse Ministers YasmÃn Esquivel and Lenia Batres. In response to this systematic violation of our human rights, we reiterate today that these decisions by an illegitimate court are NOT final. Additionally, the group accuses the court of contradicting itself by last week refusing to hear the merits of their amparos on the grounds that there were no constitutional issues, yet doing so now because "the fiscal authorities instruct them to." The new ruling comes after last week's decision, in which the Court rejected the businessman's amparos and confirmed a sentence for him to pay over 30 billion pesos to the SAT. In a press release, the conglomerate stated that the ministers acted "by political mandate, completely in line with the dictates of the National Palace." The press release was released shortly after the Court resolved the eighth lawsuit Ricardo Salinas Pliego had open against the SAT. Convinced that we are on the side of ethics and law, we will continue to defend our causes and rights before other national and international instances," the Group reiterated and warned that the Court's behavior sends signals of uncertainty to investment and business confidence, especially in the face of the USMCA review. In response to this systematic violation of our human rights, we reiterate today that these decisions by an illegitimate court are NOT final. That decision was interpreted as the first high-impact political ruling of the court's new composition. Ministers Espinosa Betanzo, Ortiz Ahlf, and Esquivel Moss voted against. Morena and Salinas Pliego, a labyrinth in the red circle The group also questioned the Court's reversal of a 2024 disqualification that had prevented Minister Lenia Batres from participating in these matters. At that time, the ministers argued that Grupo Elektra's claims were not constitutional issues and therefore did not warrant their review. According to Salinas Pliego, Batres maintains a public prejudice against him, and allowing her to vote is evidence of bias. The tycoon must add 67.16 million pesos to the nearly 50 billion pesos that the supreme court ratified last week. Unlike the first ruling, this one was not unanimous.
