According to the presiding judge, “There are no conditions or combinations of conditions of release that would reasonably ensure the defendant’s appearance in court or the safety of the community”
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A Mexican federal judge on Monday, Nov. 15, issued a preventive detention order, the Mexican equivalent of jail without bail, against Rosalinda González Valencia, wife of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). González Valencia will remain confined in Federal Female Prison Number 16, located in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the fact that he is already being detained without bail on corruption charges linked to the international Odebrecht oil scandal, Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was ordered yet again to detention without the possibility of bail on Wednesday, Nov. 10, for his alleged defrauding of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After more than 13 months behind bars, Mexico”s former secretary of Social Development (Sedesol) Rosario Robles Berlanga, was finally released on personal recognizance on Thursday, Sept. 24. Robles — who was previously denied bail on the grounds that she could be a flight risk by a circuit court judge, Felipe de Jesús Delgadillo Padierna,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite condemnation from Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), as well as the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Mexican Congress approved a bill on Tuesday, Feb. 19, that adds nine new charges to the list of crimes for which suspects must be held without the possibility of bail, including electoral fraud and fuel
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After more than two years of incarceration, former Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elias was released from the Reclusorio Oriente prison on the night of Saturday, Feb. 2, by order of the Federal Attorney General (PGR). Padrés Elias turned himself into Mexican authorities in November 2016, after being accused of money laundering, tax fraud and
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