Overview
- A control judge linked Ruiz to process on December 23 and ordered monthly check‑ins along with a ban on leaving the country.
- Authorities set a 45‑day complementary investigation during which prosecutors will seek a banking inquiry into his income from the national banking commission.
- Ruiz denies wrongdoing and says the case relies on assumptions about payments to a lawyer whose testimony he claims was disregarded.
- His defense moved to nullify the case, arguing judicial impediment, and Ruiz filed complaints alleging abuse of authority and errors in the investigation file.
- Red de Periodistas Puebla urged President Claudia Sheinbaum and Governor Alejandro Armenta to respond, and Article 19 called the criminal case a serious escalation and pressed for strict due process.