Overview
- Authorities detained 156 municipal officers across Cintalapa, Jiquipilas and Ocozocoautla between January 2 and 4, with an earlier federal tally citing roughly 150.
- Eleven officers were judicialized for improper use of decorations, uniforms and insignias, while most others were freed under reserva de ley as inquiries continue.
- Prosecutors said they will pursue additional lines of investigation for halconeo, noting recent changes that increase penalties for that offense.
- Searches in the coordinated raids, which involved the Army, National Guard, state prosecutors and state police, yielded hundreds of phones and doses of a substance resembling marijuana.
- State and federal forces have temporarily assumed public security duties in the affected municipalities pending the legal outcomes for the detained officers.