She holds a law degree and a master's degree in criminal law from Humanitas University, a master's degree in public management for good administration from the School of Public Administration in Mexico City, and a master's degree in city studies and a doctoral candidate in city studies from the Autonomous University of Mexico City.
He completed 11 diplomas and courses in urban planning law, electoral law, parliamentary law, political science, and public safety.
Federal Deputy in the 52nd Legislature of the Congress of the Union (1997-2000) and, in the Chamber of Deputies, technical secretary of the Federal District Commission (2006-2009) and advisor to the Housing Commission (2012-2015).
In the Government of the Federal District/Mexico City, General Legal and Government Director of the Cuauhtémoc Delegation (2000-2002), advisor to the Head of Government (2003, 2004), General Director of Transportation Regulation of the Ministry of Transportation and Roads (2004-2006), advisor to the Head of the Tlalpan Delegation (2015-2018), General Director of Management, Liaison and Legal-Regulatory Affairs of the Public Space Authority (2018) and Advisor to the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (2018-2021).
In the Federal Government, she is Deputy Advisor on Legislation and Regulatory Studies of the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive Branch.
In these roles, he promoted, developed, and participated in the development and innovation of hundreds of legal instruments (legislative initiatives, regulations, decrees, agreements, guidelines, standards, etc.) to design social programs and policies, regularize housing, facilitate procedures, reduce costs, and, in general, contribute to the realization of various citizen rights.
As a Federal Deputy, in 1998, she proposed amending Article 18 of the Constitution to create a Juvenile Criminal Justice System, which was approved in 2005 as the Adolescent Criminal Justice System.
In the Cuauhtémoc Delegation, he led a legal team that conducted the most comprehensive review of black market transactions in that district. That same team, in 2001, achieved the exceptional record of 100% of the amparo lawsuits won in favor of the local government.
At the Secretariat of Transportation and Roads of the Federal District Government, as an initiative of the then Mayor to revolutionize procedures, he participated in the development and issuance of more than 2 million permanent driver's licenses.
In the Tlalpan municipality, he designed the only district-wide reconstruction program implemented to address the immediate needs of those affected by the 2017 earthquake.
In addition, he has taught various law courses and participated in the writing of articles and presentations on urban planning law and the right to the city.
In the Law degree program at the Ponciano Arriaga School of Law (2016-2019), he taught the following subjects: Fundamental Legal Concepts, Theory of the State, Theory of Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II/Dogmatic Part.
In the Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Urban Administration at the Autonomous University of Mexico City (2015, 2018), he taught the subjects: Legal Framework of Public Administration and Legal Regime of the Federal District.
She is the co-author of six books and four academic articles:
- Batres, L. (2021, December). "From the deficit to the assessment of adequate housing in Mexico City." In Vivienda Infornavit, year 5, no. 2, Mexico: National Workers' Housing Fund Institute.
- Batres, L. (2020). "The Right to the City and Its Legal Application." In Martha Olivares; Carlos Ordóñez; and Alejandro Velázquez (eds.). Manual: Defense of Territory in Mexico City. Mexico: Ediciones de Contacto.
- Batres, L. (2019). "The proliferation of shopping malls in Mexico City: a gentrification phenomenon?". In Ramírez, Miguel Ángel (ed.), From neoliberal urbanization to the right to the city. The transformation of cities in the 21st century. Mexico: Mexican Network for the Study of Social Movements, AC and Ed. Quinto Sol.
- Batres, L. (ed.) (2011). Agreements for the political reform of the Federal District. Initiative 2001. Initiative 2010. Mexico: National Institute for Research, Political Education and Training in Public Policies.
- Batres, L., and Batres, V. (2011). Two proposals for freedom of expression. State advertising. Right of reply. Mexico: National Institute for Research, Political Education and Training in Public Policy and Government.
- Batres, L. (coord.) (2008). Legal History of the Federal District, 2 vols. Mexico: Federal District Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, 60th Legislature.
- Batres, L., and Badillo, G. (1995). "Social Participation in the National Development Plan." In Critique of the National Development Plan 1995-2000. Mexico: Parliamentary Group of the Party of the Democratic Revolution in the Chamber of Deputies, 56th Legislature.
He has presented 14 papers on the right to the city and urban planning law at academic institutions in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain.
Mexican Sociology Award 2017-2018, Professional Category: Vicente Lombardo Toledano, second place, for the work: "Gentrification in Mexico City. A Conceptual Proposal," awarded by the Mexican College of Sociology, SC, on October 27, 2018.