Overview

• A Mexico City judge ordered preventive detention for Donovan “N” and set an October 22 hearing to decide whether he will be formally linked to the homicide.
• Prosecutors charged Donovan “N” with drug offenses, illegal firearm possession and bribery, while homicide linkage remains pending.
• Héctor “N,” 18, was bound over for aggravated homicide and will remain in custody as prosecutors pursue a three‑month complementary investigation.
• Security footage shows the suspects fleeing outside Ciudad Judicial, with Donovan appearing to conceal a gun and Héctor wounded and surrendering without a visible weapon.
• Héctor’s defense says he did not shoot, was recruited with small payments and a promised 30,000 pesos, and has identified an alleged recruiter known as “El Goofy.”