Overview

• José Víctor “N” and Francisco Alberto “N,” former Sonora Secretaría de Educación y Cultura officials, were vinculados a proceso for peculado and improper exercise of a legal duty.
• The court ordered justified preventive detention, and both remain in the Hermosillo CERESO following their August 28 arrests.
• Anti‑corruption prosecutors estimate a patrimonial loss of about 290 million pesos tied to the diversion of partida 1000 funds between 2018 and 2021.
• Authorities say the money was routed into a so‑called multiple‑benefits scheme with transfers through trusts and later a SOFOL instead of payroll and worker benefits.
• The judge set a four‑month period for complementary investigations, and prosecutors report additional arrest warrants against other ex‑officials and at least one private party.