Overview
- Duarte filed a formal petition for early release from the Reclusorio Norte, where he is serving a nine-year sentence for criminal association and money laundering.
- At a proceeding earlier this week, his defense submitted 24 pieces of evidence and testimony, while the FGR presented 12 opposing items.
- The petition argues he has completed more than 70% of his sentence and has no pending cases, which the judge must verify under Mexican law.
- The hearing on Nov. 12 at the Centro de Justicia Penal Federal del Reclusorio Norte will rule on the request and could advance his projected April 2026 release.
- He was arrested in Guatemala in 2017, extradited to Mexico, and convicted in a case involving the diversion of 1,670 million pesos from Veracruz public funds.