Overview

• He left the federal prison in Hermosillo to continue the case in conditional liberty, with strict measures that include a prohibition on leaving Mexico.
• The ruling follows a remote hearing in which a federal judge in Sonora linked him to proceedings for organized crime related to the covert import of firearms.
• The FGR presented phone intercepts, witness accounts, U.S. agency reports and a boxing robe found at a property tied to Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as El Nini.
• His defense challenged the evidence as insufficient, said only nine of 21 items mention him directly, and pursued amparos alleging rights violations.
• The case stems from a 2019 probe into the Sinaloa Cartel and follows his July 2 ICE arrest in Los Angeles and Aug. 18 deportation; the next substantive hearing is expected in late November.