ayotzinapa case

Mexico City. A control judge based in the Reclusorio Sur, extended the four-month period for the closure of the complementary investigation in the process that was initiated against the former Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) Jesús Murillo Karam in the criminal process that was initiated against him for his alleged responsibility in the crime of torture against Felipe Rodríguez Salgado, The brush, member of the Guerreros Unidos criminal group involved in the case of the disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School

Sources close to the case indicated that Murillo Karan’s legal defense requested an extension of the deadline that expired on August 10, which was granted by the control judge Felipe de Jesús Delgadillo Padierna, since they have not yet collected some evidence, including interviews. at the command of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the National Intelligence Center (CNI), as well as documentaries from other investigation folders.

In July 2020, a video was released in which Tomás Zerón de Lucio, former head of the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), a fugitive from justice, appears participating in an illegal interrogation, in which El Cepillo, shirtless, with his face covered, testified under threats and without legal assistance within the facilities of the Investigation Agency of the then PGR, testimony that was not incorporated into the case file.

According to the FGR, the objective of said torture was to make him declare what he was being forced to do, in order to justify the so-called historical truth.

This is one of the two processes that Murillo Karam faces, the other being investigated since August 2022 in the North Prison for crimes against the administration of justice, torture and forced disappearance, also related to the Ayotzinapa case.