Overview
- The Second District criminal court in the State of Mexico, led by Judge Raquel Ivette Duarte Cedillo, acquitted Daniel Arizmendi López of a 1997 kidnapping due to insufficient proof from the then‑PGR.
- The ruling notes no direct imputation established his responsibility and applies the constitutional presumption of innocence.
- He was found liable only for violating the Federal Law against Organized Crime and received eight years and a 500‑day fine (about 13,225 pesos), with the prison term counted as served after 27 years in custody.
- The order mandates immediate release solely for this case and specifies he remains imprisoned for other sentences and pending matters; the decision was notified to CPS‑Durango.
- A related federal amparo recently benefited his partner, Dulce Paz Venegas Martínez, by voiding a 26‑year‑old detention order on jurisdictional grounds.