Overview
- Federal anti-corruption prosecutors imputed Duarte for the alleged 2012 diversion of 5 million pesos earmarked for health and disability programs in Veracruz.
- The FGR presented at least 38 pieces of documentary and testimonial evidence during a nearly seven-hour hearing at the Reclusorio Norte court.
- Judge Gustavo Aquiles Villaseñor imposed prisión preventiva justificada, citing flight risk tied to Duarte’s 2016 escape and subsequent arrest in Guatemala.
- Prosecutors allege a funds-mixing scheme known as the “licuadora,” blending federal and state resources and rerouting transfers to pay salaries, pensions and suppliers.
- Duarte denied the accusation as politically driven and requested more time; the court set Feb. 17 to decide whether to bind him to prosecution, a development that threatens his planned April 2026 release from a nine-year sentence.