Overview

• Judge Jesús Anim Ope Islas formally linked former contractor William N., his wife Bertha N. and suspended deputy Alhely N. to trial on charges of child sexual abuse.
• The judge ordered preventive detention for William and Bertha N., though a federal court injunction has blocked enforcement of their arrest warrants.
• Alhely N. was prohibited from leaving Mexico and must report monthly to the Unidad de Medidas Cautelares.
• Prosecutors accuse the three of sexual abuse and equivalent rape of two minors during April 2022 in Zimapán, Hidalgo.
• The victims and their mother have been housed in a federal refuge in Querétaro since the June 2022 complaint was filed.