Overview

• He failed to appear at his July 7 Los Angeles Superior Court hearing and his current whereabouts remain unverified.
• He has been held by U.S. Department of Homeland Security since his July 2 ICE arrest under a Trump-era expedited removal process.
• A Baja California federal judge rejected his request to block his arrest on organized crime charges and granted only a provisional suspension against incommunicado detention.
• His legal team’s five to six amparos in Mexico to prevent detention upon return have been either denied or are pending ratification.
• He is subject to a March 2023 Mexican warrant for organized crime and arms trafficking and is next due in a Los Angeles court on August 21.