Overview
- The court found he assaulted the teen twice in 2024, first after luring her to a Huixquilucan home on January 11 and again on March 22 after threatening to release intimate images.
- The proceedings were held in Tlalnepantla after the State of Mexico prosecutor’s office presented evidence to the judge.
- Police arrested Luis Fernando Padilla Manzo on August 28, 2024 at a shopping mall in Huixquilucan in a joint operation by the investigative police, the federal security ministry and CONAHO.
- He remains in custody in Tlalnepantla, with media reporting differing detention sites between the Juan Fernández Albarrán center and the Barrientos prison.
- He also faces a separate prosecution over alleged rapes of a former partner in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and reporters note the eventual term could exceed 30 years due to aggravating factors despite a 20-year base maximum for rape in the state code.