Overview
- The seven detainees were released from preventive custody on December 26 to continue the case out of jail, with a new hearing set for January 13, 2026.
- State prosecutors say a criminal judge authorized 25 arrest warrants related to the November 1 blaze, and seven have been executed using judicial search warrants.
- The alleged crimes include negligent homicide, negligent injury, abortion, and failure to fulfill a legal duty.
- The fire at the downtown Hermosillo store on November 1 killed 24 people and injured about 15, according to official and local reports.
- Detention records list some of the seven as former municipal officials, including Joaquín Rodríguez Véjar and Emanuel Valenzuela Tapia, while regulators are scrutinizing a 2019 internal safety program, a 2021 negative ruling, and the closure of 68 stores, with two recently reopened.