Overview
- A federal judge, Daniel Marcelino Niño Jiménez, issued an auto de formal prisión for Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega after his recapture on charges tied to the 1994 assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.
- The FGR’s special unit, created in April 2022 to revisit file SE/003-BIS/95, reports assembling more than 43 new and archival items that it says connect Sánchez Ortega to the crime.
- The CNDH welcomed the detention and ruling as progress in a case long marred by irregularities, citing its 2021 recommendation that urged a full review.
- Historical records referenced by the CNDH note Sánchez Ortega was detained on the day of the killing with blood on his clothing and a positive rodizonate test, then released 19 hours later after CISEN officials, including Genaro García Luna, intervened.
- Legal commentators and prior forensic analyses dispute the second-shooter theory, arguing ballistics and video support Mario Aburto as the sole gunman, even as Aburto remains the only person convicted and has alleged torture documented by the CNDH.