Key Witness Hearing of Zambada Case Closed
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The initial hearing of Fausto Corrales, indicated as a witness to the kidnapping of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the murder of Melesio Cuén Ojeda, is held on 20 August 2026 behind closed doors at the Almoloya Federal Criminal Justice Center in Juárez. A federal judge, at the request of the FGR, determined that the proceedings should be closed for national security matters. Fausto Corrales faces charges of concealment and false statements related…
At the request of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR), which alleged national security reasons, a federal judge in Almoloya de Juárez closed access to the indictment hearing against Fausto Corrales Rodríguez, who was present at the meeting at which Héctor Melesio Cuén was murdered and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was kidnapped. Mario Elizondo Martínez, a judge of control of the Federal Criminal Justice Center in that municipality of …
Their legal status will be defined on Monday.
Fausto Corrales Rodríguez, identified as a key witness of the kidnapping of "El Mayo" Zambada and of the murder of Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, appears Thursday before the supervisory judge Mario Elizondo Martínez, in a private hearing. The judge of the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, declared the proceedings closed to the media, at the request of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), who considered th…
A federal judge sentenced Fausto Corrales Rodríguez, who was present at the meeting in which Melesio Cuén was murdered and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was kidnapped in the Altiplano prison, on July 25, 2024, in Culiacán, Sinaloa.Mario Elizondo Martínez, a supervisory judge at the Centro de Justicia Federal de Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, decreed this precautionary measure and, at the request of the defense, agreed to define the legal situat…
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