Jared Laureles and Jessica Xantomila
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, January 31, 2026, p. 5
In one of the most important recent processes for a bankrupt company, the second district court for commercial bankruptcy advanced to February 27 the auction of the assets of Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) and its subsidiary Minera del Norte (Minosa) as a single productive unit.
Judge Ruth Haggi Huerta this week notified the bankruptcy trustee, Víctor Manuel Aguilera, of the authorization for the hearing to be held on that date in which offers will be received from those interested in acquiring the steel mill located in Monclova, and the iron mine located in the municipality of Sierra Mojada, Coahuila.
The bid will have a minimum reference value of 1,127,378,000 dollars and will be held in the Judicial Branch building, based in the Guadalupe Inn neighborhood.
Initially the sale was scheduled for January 30 (yesterday), but at the request of the receiver the federal court postponed it for 30 calendar days and the scheduled date was March 2, according to the company.
A commission of AHMSA workers met with the governing judge of the commercial bankruptcy, whom they assured that the process is progressing without setbacks.
However, the workers gave him a letter in which they asked him to “physically” publish in Monclova the list that the Federal Attorney for the Defense of Labor (Profedet) gave him with more than 13,893 workers with active rights.
Julián Torres Ávalos, president of the Labor Defense Group of AHMSA Workers, pointed out that the purpose is for each colleague to check first-hand if they are on the list, since a purge of more than 100 people was carried out and finally the institution certified that 9,863 AHMSA workers and 4,030 from Minosa met the requirements for liquidation.
He mentioned that they also went to Profedet to clarify how the calculations for compensation were made, since – he said – “they delivered two different lists; one that said you had to pay 12 days and another 20 per year.” The institution offered them a hearing next Tuesday to address the matter.
On February 3, the call will be published and the next day the period for receiving letters of intent and documentation for the pre-classification of investors will begin, according to the calendar of the jurisdictional body.
The deadline for delivering these letters and documents expires on February 10, and the pre-classification stage will take place on the 13th. Subsequently, on the 16th the result will be notified and then a period of challenges will be opened that will end on February 19.
Finally, on February 24, the trustee must notify the result of the challenges and one day later, the interested parties must present the guarantee of seriousness and documentation that proves their legal personality.
