The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled that there is no possibility of reviewing decisions made by its old chambers. According to the court, being a single and indivisible body, it cannot have a 'second instance' to review its own decisions. This ruling was a setback for the Attorney General's Office (FGR) in its attempt to overturn the amparo (protection order) granted to Juana Hilda González by the First Chamber. González, who had spent 19 years in prison for the kidnapping of Hugo Alberto Wallace, was freed after the First Chamber granted her the amparo. The Court also noted that this ruling pertains to another case that the country's highest judicial body will have to analyze, though a resolution date has not yet been set. Thus, the FGR failed in its attempt to reopen the case against Juana Hilda González. In this new scenario, the Supreme Court, created as a result of the judicial reform pushed by the MORENA party last year, issued one of its most anticipated resolutions. This decision came after speculation about the possibility of reopening cases and judgments tried under its old structure prior to the federal elections. Finally, this Monday, the country's highest judicial body determined that 'it is not procedible to file a review appeal against sentences issued by the old Chambers of the Court when resolving direct amparo proceedings through the exercise of the power of attraction'.
