The Secretary of the Interior made an inquiry… we were given an informational note that there was a vehicle rental contract and they decided to replace it with a purchase, saving over one billion pesos in this process. The Supreme Court, for its part, argued that the decision was based on the technical opinions of federal authorities, which concluded that the units in use no longer met adequate safety standards, and maintained that the purchase responded to criteria of prevention and institutional security, and not to “discretionary considerations.” You may also be interested | SCJN defends the purchase of new SUVs for ministers. The Supreme Court also affirmed that the renewal was carried out in accordance with a current internal regulation issued in 2019, which establishes the periodic replacement of this type of vehicle — every four years or earlier if the conditions are not safe — and that the process was carried out in parallel with the general reduction of the vehicle fleet, so as not to generate additional spending. With information from EFE. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) announced this Sunday that it will not use the recently acquired SUVs, following the controversy generated by their cost and the contrast with the calls for austerity. In a message on social networks, the High Court informed that the nine ministers that make it up decided to renounce the vehicles and will request “that the corresponding process be initiated for their return.” “Or, as the case may be, make them available to judges who face greater risks, always in compliance with the applicable regulations,” they indicated. Finally, the members of the Court reiterated their “commitment to the efficient and responsible use of the people's resources, as well as the permanent work to achieve real and true justice,” and announced a press conference for Monday at 8:30 local time to give more details. We reiterate our commitment to the efficient and responsible use of the people's resources, as well as the permanent work to achieve real and true justice. The SCJN announcement comes after the controversy generated by the purchase of Jeep brand SUVs for the new members of the supreme court elected by popular vote in June 2025, each valued at 1.7 million pesos, without considering protection measures such as armor. In response to pointing out that it is a contradictory measure to the Court's austerity discourse, President Claudia Sheinbaum justified on Friday that the acquisition of “security” SUVs meant savings of over 1,000 million pesos. The Mexican head of state assured that the acquisition had to do with changing a rental contract for the purchase of units, which generated the “savings.” I asked yesterday when I saw the note.
