Hearing is possible He releases Written by Javier Duarte de Ochoa, Former Governor of Veracruzwas presented to Tuesday, November 11, at the North Prison in Mexico City to determine his legal status, after it was scheduled for Wednesday, November 12.
Judicial sources confirmed to Mexico information Judicial care is taken to determine whether Early release After requesting that he comply 95% of the wholesale Nine years for crimes of criminal organization and money laundering.
Angela Zamorano Herrera, a penalty enforcement judge at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Reclusorio Norte, is the one who stated that the former official had requested this measure at least since December 2024.
The former governor of Veracruz state has five months to serve his sentence 9 years in prison Which he complied with, so his lawyers stated that Duarte complied with the requirements set forth in the Criminal Enforcement Act by serving more than 3,125 days in prison out of the 3,285 days of his sentence.
They also mentioned that Duarte Actively participate in programs Social reintegration Within the prison and that there are no pending criminal cases after operations in general and federal jurisdiction were canceled or rendered ineffective, including the cancellation of the embezzlement process (2023), the non-binding case due to enforced disappearance (November 2024) and the statute of limitations for violation of legal duty in April 2025.
Regarding federal jurisdiction, Duarte had an outstanding arrest warrant for A.J Election crime But it was not implemented because the Guatemalan government did not allow it.
Thus, the former governor of Veracruz no longer has any pending proceedings and is only awaiting his own freedomwhich he can receive in April 2026 even if the requested action is not granted at Tuesday’s hearing.
On Monday, November 3, an investigation was held at the northern prison where the former governor of Veracruz claimed to be someone ready to kill him. Re-enter In the community in which he was accused of spending nine years without seeing his children or family.
After more than eight hours of hearing from Criminal Enforcement Judge Angela Zamorano Herrera He agreed to review the evidence Filed against and against the former governor of Veracruz, it was agreed with him to continue the proceedings this week.
However, Pablo Campuzano, Javier Duarte’s lawyer, stated that he does not rule out the possibility of a new arrest warrant being issued against the former governor by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) on charges Bad practice.
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