Overview
- A federal judge ordered that Cuautla mayor Jesús Corona Damián be formally tied to criminal proceedings and remain in mandatory pretrial detention while a four‑month complementary investigation proceeds.
- Prosecutors have charged Corona with organized crime, aggravated extortion and operations with illicit resources, presenting evidence after the defense’s request to extend procedural deadlines was resolved.
- Corona was arrested on May 30 in Acapulco after authorities said he had been evading capture and that an illegal short firearm was seized at the time of his arrest.
- The FGR’s case accuses the mayor of giving institutional protection to and collaborating with Júpiter Araujo Bernard, known as “El Barbas,” an alleged Sinaloa Cartel operator in eastern Morelos.
- The action is part of Operativo Enjambre, a federal anti‑extortion push led by multiple agencies that has produced more than 85 detentions in Morelos and could prompt temporary municipal leadership changes and further prosecutions.