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Ex-UACAM Rector Linked to Drug Case, to Face Trial Under Supervision

Defense challenges the evidence, citing missing bodycam video.

Overview

  • Judge Beatriz Martínez Taboada linked José Alberto Abud Flores and two collaborators to proceedings for drug possession in the narcomenudeo category.
  • The trio will remain free under precautionary measures that include periodic signatures and a ban on leaving Campeche, while prosecutors have two months for supplementary investigation.
  • The defense argues the drugs were planted and alleges protocol breaches in the first-responder process and chain of custody, with no photo or video of the seizure.
  • Authorities have not delivered the police bodycam recordings requested for the case file, according to the defense and a state narcomenudeo prosecutor’s notice.
  • The January 12 arrest on the UACAM campus followed an anonymous tip and has prompted accusations of political reprisal involving Governor Layda Sansores, as the defense prepares an amparo.