Overview
- The court session, which convened Thursday in Puente Grande, Jalisco, was postponed to April 27 after both sides said they had too little time to study a case file of more than 2,500 pages.
- The Fiscalía General de la República under Ernestina Godoy is asking a judge to revoke the prior closure and reopen the probe, a push she discussed with victims, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum.
- The contested decision was a December 17, 2025 finding of “no criminal action,” and survivors Sóchil Martin and Sharim Guzmán filed the challenge after discovering that outcome in the file rather than through a formal notice.
- If the judge lifts the no-action ruling, prosecutors say they will resume investigative steps into alleged trafficking and organized-crime activity tied to La Luz del Mundo.
- Parallel U.S. cases frame the stakes, with leader Naasón Joaquín García serving a 16-year-8-month sentence in California and facing additional federal charges in New York, while Mexican lawmakers clash over claims of political protection for the church.