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Ex-CISEN Agent Arrested in Tijuana in Colosio Assassination Reinvestigation

Prosecutors cite newly reviewed forensic analyses to pursue the long-contested second-shooter theory.

García Harfuch confirma detención integrantes de Los Rusos, en Sonora
Jorge Armando Nieto, alias "El Toto".
Crédito: Especial
El ex director de la Policía de Jalapa, Tabasco fue detenido por sus presuntos vínculos con "La Barredora"

Overview

  • Federal Ministerial Police detained Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega on Nov. 8 at 4:37 p.m. in Colonia Los Reyes, Tijuana, according to the National Detention Registry.
  • He is held at the FGR’s Tijuana delegation at the disposal of a federal judge, and authorities have not publicly detailed the precise charges.
  • The FGR has identified him as the presumed second gunman in the 1994 killing, relying on biological and ballistic examinations and witness material compiled between 2022 and 2025.
  • Sánchez Ortega was briefly detained in 1994 with blood on his jacket and a positive gunshot-residue test but was released after PGR ballistics attributed the fatal shots to Mario Aburto.
  • The detention has prompted political reactions, with PRI leaders calling it a distraction while Baja California’s governor emphasized the need to ensure justice without impunity.