Overview
- Videos circulating online, dated October 28, show presumed inmates at San Miguel prison drinking with women and displaying a note that names Marcos Pavón and an alias “El Jaguar.”
- State authorities say the footage’s authenticity is under review by the Internal Affairs unit and promise administrative and criminal sanctions if a party inside the facility is confirmed.
- Security Secretary Francisco Sánchez said officials have the roster of personnel who worked the day the videos were recorded and vowed not to shield anyone found responsible.
- Sánchez added that seven inmates have been transferred to the Tepexi de Rodríguez prison and that the state has asked the federal system to accept 20 more, including five priority cases.
- The case intensifies scrutiny of San Miguel following the September appointment of a new director and separate reports of two inmate deaths earlier in October that remain under investigation.