Overview
- In Tucumán, two young men remain under one-month preventive detention over the assault on Patricio Ledezma, with an impugnation hearing set for Saturday before Judge Edgardo Sánchez after a forensic report described the injuries as mild.
- Residents marched in Concepción to oppose the detentions, and Mayor Alejandro Molinuevo called the preventive custody unjustified, alleging provincial political pressure and criticizing police raid tactics.
- Peru’s National Jury of Elections upheld a neutrality violation against Congressman Alejandro Aguinaga for promoting state-funded medical campaigns, while prosecutors opened inquiries into alleged steering of franja electoral funds to Nativa and interim Attorney General Tomás Gálvez signaled a further statement from President José Jerí in a separate hiring probe.
- Mexico’s federal forces detained Tequila Mayor Diego Rivera Navarro on extortion allegations and suspected CJNG ties, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying she personally received numerous complaints from business owners and citizens; additional municipal officials were also arrested.
- Santa Fe’s legislature set a timetable to process executive nominations, scheduling a February 12 assembly for some posts and indicating the three Supreme Court candidates will advance in March after required interviews and potential challenges.