Overview

• He did not appear at the August 20 initial hearing at the Reclusorio Oriente where the FGR planned to formally impute charges, and his lawyer said he did not know why.
• Judge Patricia Sánchez Nava recorded the absence, kept the arrest order in effect, and said the amparo court would be notified of the nonappearance.
• The FGR reiterated that the February 27 warrant is fully enforceable as the Policía Federal Ministerial works to execute it, and an Interpol red notice is active.
• Prosecutors accuse the ex‑governor of peculado, money laundering, criminal association and fraudulent administration tied to a reported 3,412 million‑peso loss from overpriced purchases of seven police barracks in Michoacán.
• Several former collaborators were detained and linked to process in March and remain in preventive custody, and the judge declined to release the case file to the defense until the accused appears.