Overview
- Civil prosecutors say agents arrested Enrique “N” on July 9 and a judge on July 14 found sufficient evidence to link him to process for probable aggravated pederasty, ordering preventive imprisonment.
- The case began after the victim’s mother found sexual messages on her daughter’s phone on January 8 and formally complained to the Fiscalía on June 4, which led investigators to seek an arrest warrant.
- The Ministerio Público built its case with interviews, forensic reports and technical follow-up, and the Policía de Investigación carried out the July 9 detention in Cuauhtémoc.
- The Archdiocese of Mexico has opened a separate canonical inquiry ordered by Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, says it will cooperate with civil authorities, and will withhold the priest’s full identity while investigations continue.
- Linking to process is not a conviction and the adolescent’s identity is legally protected, and after the two-month complementary-investigation period prosecutors will decide whether to file formal charges, seek more time, or move toward trial.