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Judge Grants Definitive Suspension Pausing Trial Start for Ex-Tequila Mayor Diego Rivera Navarro

He remains in preventive detention at Altiplano pending an amparo decision on the case's next steps.

Overview

  • A federal judge ordered the control judge to stop the opening of the oral phase while an amparo reviews potential procedural violations.
  • The suspension does not terminate the prosecution or confer release, and Rivera Navarro continues under preventive detention.
  • Prosecutors from the FGR accuse him of organized crime for the purpose of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping, with links asserted to a 2021 abduction of political precandidates.
  • Penal law experts say the ruling functions as a defense tool that delays proceedings and does not signal immediate freedom.
  • Case files and merchant complaints describe alleged extortion of tequilero businesses and claims he boasted ties to CJNG leader “El Mencho.”