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Sonora’s Ex-Education Secretary Held on Embezzlement Charges as Probe Widens

ASF findings alleging 2.4 billion pesos in damage underpin the charges, triggering a wider hunt for former officials.

Overview

  • José Víctor Guerrero González was arrested in a pre-dawn operation in Hermosillo and is being held at Cereso 1 after formal accusations of peculado and incumplimiento de un deber legal.
  • A former subsecretary, identified as Francisco Alberto “N”, was also detained and accused in the same case, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
  • A judge ordered prisión preventiva justificada for both detainees, and their vinculación a proceso remains pending after the defense requested a 144-hour extension.
  • The Auditoría Superior de la Federación documented 90 serious irregularities in the SEC’s management of federal education funds and estimated patrimonial damage at about 2.4 billion pesos.
  • Additional arrest warrants have been issued for ex-officials, including former SEC head Ernesto de Lucas, and authorities are seeking others such as ex-finance secretary Raúl Navarro, according to Milenio and the state prosecutor.