Ángel Aguirre granted injunction against incommunicado detention

A federal judge in the State of Mexico has granted an immediate injunction (suspensión de plano) to former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero. The ruling addresses claims of incommunicado detention at the Altiplano maximum-security prison.

The injunction allows Aguirre Rivero to communicate with his legal defense team and family members. It also permits his lawyers to enter the prison's visiting areas for interviews, provided they follow established penitentiary guidelines. The judge noted that the measure is intended to ensure the health and physical integrity of the petitioner while the legality of the alleged incommunicado status is reviewed.

Aguirre Rivero was detained in August and is currently facing charges for the crime of forced disappearance. He is linked to the investigation regarding the whereabouts of the 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa. Specifically, he is accused of ordering the destruction of security camera footage from the Iguala Palace of Justice, where the students were taken in September 2014.