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Cartel-Connected Tequila Mayor Charged with Kidnapping of Political Rivals
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The former mayor of Tequila, Diego ‘N’, denied links with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) and the alleged criminal leader Severo Flores Mendoza, ‘El Rey Mago’, while facing a federal criminal trial for organized crime and kidnapping. The case advanced on Tuesday, February 10, following the decision of a supervisory judge who linked him to the trial and confirmed the informal pretrial detention. The hearing was held at the Almoloya Fed…
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxA federal judge linked Diego Rivera Navarro to trial for allegedly leading a group linked to the CJNG that extorted and kidnapped.
Morena's National Honesty and Justice Commission (CNHyJ) began the process of expelling the former Mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, Diego Rivera Navarro, and the former director of the Cadastre and Predial, Juan Gabriel Toribio Villarreal, after his arrest. The official party indicated that by allegedly engaging in corruption and criminal activities, they violated the party's statutes.
Cartel-Connected Tequila Mayor Charged with Kidnapping of Political Rivals
A federal judge in Mexico has formally charged the mayor of the city of Tequila with kidnapping and torture-related charges. The new charges come just days after his initial arrest on extortion and ties to Cartel Jalisco New Generation. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
The arrest was already a political blow; the indictment turns it into a high-stakes legal case: not only is extortion against business owners being investigated, but also an alleged municipal power scheme used to kidnap internal rivals and collect "protection money," with accusations of links to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. What did the judge decide and what crimes are they accused of? Judge Mario Elizondo Martínez indicted the former mayo…
The former mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, Diego R., was linked to a trial by a supervisory judge in a hearing held at the Federal Penal Court in El Altiplano, in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. Diego R. was charged with organized crime and aggravated kidnapping to the detriment of two candidates for the municipal presidency of Tequila in 2021. Likewise, he was ratified the informal pretrial detention, so that he would remain in prison in the Al…
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