Overview
- - A judge granted a defense request to defer Gerardo N.’s initial hearing after he reported cardiac problems, and he remains hospitalized with no new date set.
- - Federal authorities say he was arrested March 2 in Apatzingán and identified as a CJNG regional operator serving as second-in-command to Jorge Armando N., “El Licenciado.”
- - The state prosecutor reports he took part in a WhatsApp group used to organize the attack and acted as the contact for Ramiro “N,” who recruited adolescents for the operation.
- - Investigators say seized phones contain data under judicial review, including materials that appear to list a CJNG payroll and other coordination details.
- - Authorities report that more than twenty suspects have been detained in connection with the homicide of Mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez.