Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.- The control judge of the Federal Criminal Justice Center, based in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, Ricardo Alfonso Santos Dorantes, resumed this Saturday the initial hearing in which he will decide whether or not to link the former attorney general of Chihuahua, César Gustavo Jáuregui Moreno, to trial for the crime of treason to the homeland, related to the involvement of agents from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in an anti-drug operation in the mountains of the state. This proceeding is being held in private, as requested by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) last Tuesday when charges were brought against the former official. However, once it concludes, the judge will grant the media access in order to hear his verdict. Before 3:00 p.m., Jáuregui Moreno's lawyers arrived at the Altiplano Federal Criminal Justice Center, convinced that there is no "compelling evidence" against their client. "There is no compelling evidence to demonstrate that our client (César Jáuregui Moreno) had any responsibility in this case," said José Ramón Flores, one of his lawyers. When asked whether he has been able to see and speak with his client, the litigator replied that he has done so during the proceedings at the previous hearing in which preventive detention was ordered, which he is serving inside Federal Social Readaptation Center (Cefereso) No. 1 "El Altiplano." "We have spoken, and he is also convinced that what is in the case file and what the Attorney General's Office came to present before the judge does not contain sufficient evidence at this time to establish a responsibility as serious and delicate as treason to the homeland," he stated. He rejected claims that the case is being politically tainted, following statements by the head of the FGR, Ernestina Godoy Ramos, who revealed that the governor of Chihuahua, María Eugenia Campos Galván, accused former attorney general César Gustavo Jáuregui Moreno of being corrupt and owning casinos. "No, because all these versions that are emerging now came after the charges were filed, meaning the ruling will be based on what is in the file, so everything is coming to light now. If something were to happen, it would be afterward," he said. He added that he trusts in justice and in his client not being linked to trial. It should be recalled that last Tuesday, the Attorney General's Office filed charges against Jáuregui Moreno for his possible participation in the crime of treason to the homeland, and the defense requested an extension of the legal deadline in order to resolve the legal situation of the Chihuahua native. 🗣️ "There is not enough evidence to establish a responsibility as serious as treason to the homeland" José Ramón Flores, lawyer for the former attorney general of Chihuahua, César Jáuregui Moreno. 📹 Manuel Espino pic.twitter.com/xramMxYCXo — El Universal (@El_Universal_Mx) October 24, 2026
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