Overview

• Agents from the Sonora Attorney General’s Office arrested Carlos Arturo N and Cinthia Yadira N in Hermosillo under warrants for defrauding 37 people.
• The suspects purported to run a pilgrimage package for visits to the Basílica de Guadalupe, Cuernavaca and Puebla from July 18 to 23, collecting more than 570,000 pesos in deposits.
• Prosecutors say no actual reservations for flights, accommodations or transport were made and that victims received falsified itineraries.
• A judge ordered preventive detention for Carlos Arturo N, while Cinthia Yadira N was granted alternative measures that the public prosecutor is contesting.
• The FGJES continues its investigation and is calling on other potential victims to report similar travel frauds.