Overview
- The National Detention Registry lists Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega’s arrest at 4:37 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Tijuana’s Colonia Los Reyes by Federal Ministerial Police, placing him at the disposal of a federal judge at the FGR’s local delegation.
- The FGR says recent peritajes, including biological and ballistic work and testimonies, support the theory of two shots fired seconds apart and place Sánchez Ortega at the scene.
- Authorities have not publicly detailed the specific charges or released full evidence reports, while an official told the AP he is now held in a maximum-security prison in central Mexico.
- Sánchez Ortega was briefly detained in 1994 after Colosio’s killing with blood on his jacket and a positive gunshot residue test, then freed when investigators attributed the fatal shots to Mario Aburto.
- The detention drew swift reactions, with PRI leadership calling it a political distraction, while Baja California’s governor said justice must prevail without impunity.