Former footballer Omar Bravo—held at the Puente Grande prison in Jalisco since last October—lost an *amparo* (constitutional protection) suit filed by his defense team. Consequently, he will continue to face criminal proceedings for alleged aggravated child sexual abuse while in pretrial detention, rather than being released as the requested legal measure had sought.
If found guilty at a hearing scheduled for this coming October, the former national team player could face between 5 and 10 years in prison.
The accusation was filed on behalf of a minor—the daughter of his former romantic partner. According to investigations and evidence presented by the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office, the abuse allegedly began in 2019, when the victim was approximately 11 years old, and continued repeatedly over a six-year period.
Leobardo Treviño, the lawyer for the former Chivas player, has stated that his client “was on vacation” when the alleged abuse of the victim began.
The complaint was filed with the Deputy Prosecutor’s Office for Specialized Investigation into Cases Involving Women, Children, and Adolescents on September 30 of last year. The young woman stated that Bravo intimidated her and threatened to stop providing financial support to her mother to ensure she did not reveal what was happening.
Juan Soltero, the victim’s lawyer, has insisted that Bravo’s stepdaughter spent years gathering evidence—such as videos, audio recordings, and 42 screenshots of messages—to substantiate her accusations.
In addition to the young woman’s accusation, Jalisco Government Secretary Salvador Zamora stated that there are other complaints against the former player, though he declined to specify the number or the complainants, noting only that those allegations are also under investigation.
“The complaint was filed this year, a couple of months ago, and it involves not just one case, but several,” Zamora stated last October, a few days after the arrest.
