Overview
- The state judiciary’s chief said the initial hearing will resume on January 13 at the point it was suspended, after defense teams and victims’ representatives received illegible copies of the case file.
- The judge allowed release of seven detainees as the 72-hour constitutional window was expiring, with two freed earlier through amparo and five released after a December 26 session stalled over file completeness.
- Victims’ attorney Ricardo Ballesteros López called the decision unjust and said he will ask Sonora’s judicial discipline tribunal to review the judge’s conduct.
- Prosecutors have 25 arrest warrants tied to the November blaze, targeting municipal and state officials, civil protection personnel, and people linked to Waldo’s, with charges including negligent homicide and related offenses.
- Authorities have ruled out an intentional attack, and witnesses reported a power failure before the fire that left at least 24 people dead and others injured.