Overview
- Federal agents arrested in Cuernavaca an ex collaborator linked to Genaro García Luna over alleged money laundering, organized crime and peculado tied to federal prison contracts, with the detainee placed under judicial authority at the Altiplano facility.
- A federal judge ordered preventive imprisonment for Mario Lindoro Elenes and Mario Alberto Lindoro Navidad, identified as the father-in-law and brother-in-law of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, after their detention in Jalisco on organized crime, weapons and drug charges, with their legal status to be defined in coming days.
- Veracruz reporter Rafael León Segovia was charged with terrorism, encubrimiento and crimes against security institutions and remains in preventive detention, as Article 19 denounced criminalization of reporting and the state governor said the case is unrelated to freedom of expression.
- Two Guatemalan nationals alleged to be CJNG members were bound over for trial and placed in preventive custody for an armed attack that left a National Guard member dead in Michoacán, with firearms, magazines and a tactical vest seized.
- In a separate regional development, Venezuelan groups reported the release of 71 people detained after the disputed 2024 protests, which activists welcomed as insufficient and urged broader amnesty.