No Date Set for Supreme Court Ruling in Quintana Roo Border Dispute

Chetumal, Quintana Roo — Quintana Roo’s top government lawyer says Mexico’s Supreme Court has closed the instruction phase of the state’s long-running border dispute with Campeche and Yucatán, but has set no date for issuing its ruling.

Carlos Felipe Fuentes del Río, legal counsel for the Quintana Roo state government, said the court is still drafting the decision, with roughly a year left in the current five-year administration.

“We are waiting for the ruling because the instruction phase has already closed, and we are waiting to appear before the justices to explain why Quintana Roo is right about the possession of that land,” he said.

Ruling May Be Left to Next Administration

Asked whether the unresolved case would become an inheritance for the next administration, Fuentes del Río said he has spoken with the reporting justice. “Hopefully that won’t be the case. We have pressed her hard to put the draft before her colleagues so that the court can finally define the territorial legal status of the three states,” he said.

He stressed that no deadline binds the justices because the matter is a constitutional proceeding, unlike cases covered by constitutional reforms on criminal and administrative matters, which do carry fixed timeframes for rulings.

“As a government, we are looking for a way to have the ruling issued before this administration ends, and that is why we keep pushing,” he said.