Overview
- Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega was detained by federal agents in Tijuana and placed in custody at the local delegation of the Attorney General’s Office.
- The National Detention Registry lists the arrest at 4:37 p.m. in Colonia Los Reyes, between Rey Carlos and Rey Baltazar streets.
- The operation was executed by the Policía Federal Ministerial with support from local authorities, according to the detention record.
- A federal judge is identified as the authority overseeing his custody, based on information cited in the reporting.
- Sánchez Ortega, a former CISEN agent, has been described in past investigations as the alleged second shooter in the Colosio case and was previously detained in March 1994.