However, it was recently discovered that she also allegedly committed plagiarism in her own undergraduate thesis.
Martha Rodríguez, asesora de tesis de Yasmín Esquivel.
A controversial judicial ruling
On February 26, 2025, Hernández Mijangos sentenced the former rector of UNAM, Enrique Graue, and the former director of FES Aragón, Fernando Macedo. This, to pay a millionaire compensation to Rodríguez Ortiz for moral damage, after the accusations of plagiarism in Esquivel's thesis.
However, the academic Guillermo Sheridan revealed that Hernández Mijangos herself allegedly plagiarized extensive fragments of her undergraduate thesis.
Hernández, who presented her thesis in 1991, allegedly took almost verbatim paragraphs from the renowned jurist Ignacio Burgoa without proper attribution.
Graue fue multado, lo que causó indignación de la comunidad científica.
Reactions from the academic community
The university community has expressed its outrage at these revelations. They consider that Hernández Mijangos's ruling "rewards the advisor of the ostensibly plagiarized thesis and punishes the UNAM officials who had to deal with that matter."
This new scandal highlights the corruption and irregularity surrounding the ministers allied with the Morena government, such as Esquivel, Lenia Batres and Loretta Ortiz.
Yasmín Esquivel habría plagiado párrafos completos de su tesis.
Despite the overwhelming evidence of the plagiarism committed by Minister Yasmín Esquivel, those who are charged are ironically the ones who exposed this.
