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Judge Orders Preventive Detention for Ex-UAEM Rector in ‘Estafa Maestra’ Probe

A federal judge duplicated the statutory term before deciding on indictment, keeping him at Altiplano on organized‑crime money‑laundering allegations.

Overview

  • Alejandro Vera Jiménez was arrested on November 7 in Cuautla, recorded in the National Detentions Registry, moved to FGR Cuernavaca, and transferred to the Altiplano maximum‑security prison.
  • The FGR and federal prosecutors imputed organized crime and operations with illicit resources tied to the ‘Estafa Maestra’ scheme linked to Sedesol social‑program contracts.
  • Judge Guillermina Matías Garduño imposed mandatory pretrial detention and granted the defense the duplicated constitutional period, with the linkage decision set for Wednesday.
  • Reporting cites inconsistent sums allegedly diverted, including 239.3 million pesos from a TFJA resarcitory ruling and other figures such as 290 million and 450 million pesos.
  • From prison, Vera released a letter denying wrongdoing, citing amparo rulings that voided a prior 2020 arrest order and alleging political persecution by former governor Graco Ramírez.