Driving the news: The Second Collegiate Tribunal of Reynosa unanimously revoked a 2023 amparo ruling. That ruling had ordered the release of 11 bank accounts frozen by Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF). The accounts stay locked.
The backstory: The UIF froze the accounts on May 19, 2021. The stated reason: suspected organized crime and illicit-origin transactions. A lower-court judge later decided the freeze had exceeded its 180-day legal limit. He granted the amparo. The federal prosecutor's office appealed.
By the numbers: 11 accounts belonging to García Cabeza de Vaca. 12 additional individuals affected. 24 corporate entities frozen — including two firms, Desarrolladora Cava and Productora Rural y Agropecuaria Regional Cava. Family members named include his mother, wife, and two brothers.
Between the lines: In February, the Supreme Court also unanimously revoked an amparo shielding him from arrest. An outstanding arrest warrant stands. He remains in Texas.
The bottom line: The ruling piles legal pressure on an opposition figure who has long claimed political persecution. The facts, however, are simple: two separate courts — including the Supreme Court — have now sided with the government's case. Whether this is justice or politics, the frozen accounts and the open arrest warrant are real. Rule of law requires both sides to play by the same rules.