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Mexico Ayotzinapa case detention

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On 6 August 2026 Mexico’s the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (FGR) arrested detained former Guerrero governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero, charging him with forced disappearance and the alleged destruction obstruction of video evidence linked justice related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students. He The arrest was transferred to part of a renewed investigative model; protected witnesses who testified earlier in the high‑security El Altiplano prison, year said video recordings from security cameras 12 and 15 at the Iguala Palace of Justice had been delivered to Aguirre, who allegedly ordered a meeting to destroy the footage. President Claudia Sheinbaum said the move was part of action stemmed from a “solid, ongoing investigation.” investigation,” while families of the missing students said they had not been notified. Two days later, later a federal judge denied Aguirre’s request for house arrest and ordered preventive detention, confirming his placement in keeping him at the same high‑security facility El Altiplano prison where he received medical care receives treatment for hypertension. The judge’s decision cited legal criteria and reinforced the FGR’s accusations that Aguirre directed He was captured on the concealment Mexico‑Querétaro highway and possible destruction of recordings that could clarify transferred to the students’ fate. facility. The investigation probe involves multiple agencies, including the FGR, the Special Unit for the Ayotzinapa Case and Case, the Commission for Truth and Access to Justice. Justice (COVAJ), the Secretariat of Security and Protection and the Criminal Investigation Agency, which continue to pursue additional lines of inquiry.

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