Overview
- The appeals court in Mexico City ruled Wednesday, unanimously revoking a 2025 denial and ordering the case restarted because the court failed to notify people under investigation.
- In Mexico, an amparo is a constitutional remedy, and people labeled as indiciados must be told about the case because they have a legal stake in the outcome.
- The district judge must now summon federal police, prosecutors, medical examiners, and former Presidential Guard members named in the 1994 file and then resume review of the torture claim.
- The decision keeps open the option of directing the national prosecutor’s office to revisit its February 2024 finding of no grounds to prosecute for torture, though no new charges exist.
- Aburto has accused ex‑president Carlos Salinas and ex‑governor Manlio Fabio Beltrones, yet the original torture inquiry did not list them as indiciados, a gap that could face new scrutiny as the process restarts.