Federal Court Injunction Halts Removal of Quintana Roo Anti-Corruption Panel

Chetumal, Quintana Roo — A federal court has halted the XVIII Legislature’s effort to replace the Citizen Participation Committee (CPC) and the Selection Committee, suspending a process that began four months ago when lawmakers approved reforms to the state’s anti-corruption law.

During a working meeting of the Anti-Corruption, Citizen Participation and Autonomous Bodies Commission, lawmakers had been expected to review the list of applicants for seats on the Selection Committee, which is responsible for choosing the next CPC members. Instead, the commission’s legal staff informed them that a federal court had granted an amparo — a writ of protection — to the five current members of the Selection Committee and issued a definitive suspension of the entire process.

The injunction means the current CPC and Selection Committee will remain unchanged until the amparo case is resolved.

Background

On July 13, the XVIII Legislature issued a call for candidates to form a new Selection Committee, with an August 4 deadline. On August 6, the Sixth District Court in Chetumal admitted indirect amparo proceeding 793/2026-III-B, filed by Aremi Airaili Santamaría Quijano, Abi Beltrán Castellanos, Nahima Isabel García Granados, Luis Antonio Pinto Torres and Víctor Mohamed Dzib Viera.

Those five, who were elected to the Selection Committee on February 15, 2024, were set to be the first removed under the legislature’s reform, even though their terms were not due to end until February 14, 2029.

The federal court’s order prevents the Anti-Corruption Commission, chaired by Morena deputy Santiago Frías Canché, from taking any further action in the removal process while the amparo is pending.

In a unanimous vote, the commission agreed to suspend the process of forming the new Selection Committee that would nominate the next CPC members for the State Anti-Corruption System.

Separate amparo

Separately, CPC member Vicente Aguilar Rojas also challenged his removal through an amparo. While the Sixth District Court admitted his case, it denied his request for provisional suspension. Aguilar Rojas filed a complaint against that decision, and on August 4 the First Collegiate Circuit Court in Cancún ruled in his favor, declaring the complaint well-founded. The district court must now decide again whether to grant the provisional suspension.