The former governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, requested access to early releaseso now a judge will be in charge of determining whether the measure is granted or not.
Ángela Zamorano Herrera, who serves as a judge for the execution of sanctions at the Federal Criminal Justice Center of the Reclusorio Norte, was the one who reported that the former official requested the measure at least since December of 2024.
will be next November 12 which will be determined if Duarte, who is in Mexico City’s North Prison and argues that he has served 95% of a nine-year sentence, is granted early release.
“In 2018, the man surrendered voluntarily. He then agreed to an abbreviated procedure, requested by the prosecution itself, acknowledging his participation in the events,” declared lawyer Carlos Campuzano.
It should be remembered that Javier Duarte pleaded guilty to the crimes of criminal association and money laundering. On that occasion he also received a fine of 58 thousand 000 pesos.
The defense of Javier Duarte has presented a file before the judge in which he argues that the former president He has served more than 95% of his sentence and covered the legal requirements to request early release.
Pablo Campuzanothe former governor’s lawyer, insisted that Duarte He surrendered to the authorities in 2018 and has since collaborated with the justice system to accelerate the judicial procedure.
“Today the Mexican State, in coordination with the Veracruz Prosecutor’s Office, seeks at all costs to fail to fulfill this promise,” said the litigant, according to the slogan. Political Animal.
The defense ensures that the conditions established in the National Criminal Execution Law were met, such as having served more than half of the sentence, maintaining good behavior and paying the fines imposed, which is why they consider that the former governor You are entitled to the benefit requested.
They have also stated that Duarte actively participated in social reintegration programs within the prison and that there are no pending criminal cases after proceedings in the common and federal jurisdiction have been annulled or rendered ineffective.
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR)represented by Manuel Granados Quirozopposed the petition, ensuring that there are still pending seizures and questioned whether Duarte “He has not wanted to pay for his crimes before justice.”
In his arguments, the prosecutor recalled that Duarte He was governor of Veracruz, where his administration was marked by structures of corruption, shell companies and embezzlement to public assets. The former president was expelled from Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and was arrested in Guatemala in April 2017 before being extradited to Mexico.
The original sentence, handed down in September 2018, included nine years in prison and the confiscation of 40 properties, in addition to a fine equivalent to just over $3,000. Other criminal proceedings for electoral crimes, breach of legal duty and forced disappearance have been closed or declared time-barred.
