Mexico revives rare treason charge against former state prosecutor
Prosecutors say the case could reshape security cooperation as treason charges in Mexico are rarely used and convictions are exceptionally uncommon.
- On Wednesday, Mexican federal prosecutors charged former Chihuahua state prosecutor Cesar Jauregui with treason, alleging he allowed unauthorized United States personnel to operate during an April drug laboratory raid.
- Attorney General Ernestina Godoy alleged that Jauregui permitted foreign agents to perform functions reserved for Mexico's federal government. Mexican law defines treason as acts against national sovereignty or independence carried out for foreign benefit.
- Analyst Matias Gomez Leautaud of Eurasia noted the charge appears to set a precedent, potentially preventing state governments from cooperating with the United States without federal approval. A judge must still determine if sufficient evidence warrants proceeding.
- Jauregui, a member of the opposition PAN party, was arrested over the weekend. Mexico has not recorded a widely recognized treason conviction since 1867, when Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg was executed.
- The case draws attention due to the official's prominence and potential threat to Mexico's sovereignty, national security, or independence. Treason punishes conduct that could compromise national security or subject the country to foreign influence.
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THE former state prosecutor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Cesar Jauregui Moreno, has been detained on charges of treason for secretly cooperating with the American CIA on operations against drug laboratories.
Former prosecutor placed in pretrial detention, accused of facilitating covert CIA operations on Mexican territory
The case against the ex-prosecutor of the border state of Chihuahua, César Jáuregui, focuses on an April anti-drug operation involving two U.S. agents who later died in a traffic accident. The law prohibits states from authorizing security missions with foreign support. Jáuregui was charged with treason and imprisoned while responding to the charges. The most recent case of treason in Mexico dates back to the 1940s, although the prosecution fail…
By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español The Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Mexico (FGR) accused César Jáuregui, ex-prosecutor of the state of Chihuahua, of treason for alleged irregularities in an operation carried out in April in which agents of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States (CIA) participated.
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