César Gustavo Jáuregui Moreno, former Attorney General of the state of Chihuahua, has been arrested by police officers executing an arrest warrant issued by the state judiciary. The arrest is part of an investigation into the crimes of unlawful exercise of public office and conspiracy (collusion).
The arrest stems from inquiries into an operation carried out in April in the community of El Pinal, located in the municipality of Morelos, Chihuahua. This intervention—ostensibly an anti-drug operation—came under scrutiny following an incident that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. agents and several Mexican officials. It is also being investigated for alleged irregularities regarding the entry of foreign personnel into facilities belonging to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE).
According to available information, the judicial order mandates not only the arrest of the former Attorney General but also that of Guillermo Arturo Zuany Portillo, the former director of the State Investigation Agency (AEI) and former prosecutor for Strategic Operations and Anti-Kidnapping.
Following the arrest of Jáuregui Moreno, security forces have launched an operation to locate and apprehend Zuany Portillo, who faces charges of providing false statements to authorities—an offense that carries an aggravated penalty.
César Jáuregui, former Chihuahua prosecutor, allegedly committed treason: FGR
The head of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR), Ernestina Godoy, stated that the former Chihuahua prosecutor may have committed treason by allegedly allowing foreign nationals to operate within national territory without authorization from the federal government.
In a message posted on social media, the federal prosecutor indicated that César Jáuregui allegedly ordered and coordinated an irregular operation in the municipality of Morelos, Chihuahua—an operation during which the FGR itself managed to dismantle a clandestine drug laboratory. It should be noted that our Constitution and the National Security Law stipulate that federal entities are restricted from assuming powers reserved to the Federation, as well as from transferring public authority to foreign entities.
