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Ex-CISEN Agent Arrested in Tijuana Over Alleged Second Shooter Role in 1994 Colosio Assassination

Prosecutors say new forensic findings with witness testimony prompted the renewed action in a case long clouded by disputes over a second shot.

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

  • The National Detention Registry lists Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega’s arrest at 4:37 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Colonia Los Reyes, Tijuana, carried out by the Federal Ministerial Police.
  • Sánchez Ortega is in federal custody in the FGR’s Tijuana delegation at the disposal of a federal judge, and authorities have not fully disclosed the charges or evidentiary file.
  • The FGR and investigative reports attribute the detention to fresh biological and ballistic analyses along with testimonies that tie him to an alleged second shot at Lomas Taurinas.
  • He was first detained near the scene in 1994 with blood on his jacket and a positive rodizonate test, then released after initial ballistics attributed the fatal shots to Mario Aburto’s weapon.
  • The legal path has been uneven, with a judge rejecting an arrest warrant in early 2024, while reactions now range from PRI leaders denouncing a political distractor to Baja California’s governor urging justice without impunity.