Overview

• Magistrates of the Second Collegiate Tribunal in criminal matters, based in Boca del Río, unanimously granted an amparo that ordered the release of Luis Ángel “N”, known as La Güicha.
• The court found no direct evidence in the investigative file that identified his specific participation, overturning an earlier denial of amparo by a local judge in Poza Rica.
• He is the second of nine detainees in the case to regain freedom on evidentiary grounds, following the February 2025 release of Antonio Zaleta.
• Separately, six people have been convicted as material perpetrators, with sentences including 30-year terms for several defendants and a 15-year term for another.
• The alleged intellectual author, former local deputy and ex-mayor Camerino Basilio Picazo, remains at large as the victim’s daughter and press groups press authorities for accountability.