Mexico, the former Chihuahua prosecutor arrested for the CIA agents case

The former attorney general of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, César Jáuregui Moreno, was arrested as part of the investigation into the participation of alleged US CIA agents in an anti-drug operation conducted in April in El Pinal, Sierra Tarahumara. The General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic (Fgr) accuses him of betrayal of the country, as well as of illicit exercise of public functions and illicit agreement between public officials. The newspaper Milenio reports it.

The operation had led to the discovery of a vast clandestine laboratory for the production of synthetic drugs, described by local authorities as one of the largest in the country. According to the indictment, Jáuregui coordinated the intervention without informing federal authorities of the involvement of US personnel. The investigators also accuse foreign agents of accessing state prosecutor's offices without the necessary authorizations.

The matter ended up at the center of controversy after the road accident on April 19, in which two US officials and two Mexicans died at the end of the operation. Jáuregui resigned on April 27, after recognizing shortcomings in the management of the intervention and in institutional communication.