Attorney General's Office (FGR) Arrests Former Agent in Tijuana Implicated in Colosio Case

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat 

The Attorney General's Office (FGR) arrested Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega, a former agent of the now-defunct Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN), in Tijuana. He has been identified for nearly three decades as the suspected second shooter in the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, which occurred in 1994 in Lomas Taurinas.

This is the second time he has been arrested in connection with the same case. No further details about the arrest have been released.

Unofficially, a source within the Attorney General's Office confirmed that he was arrested pursuant to a federal warrant.

Sánchez Ortega was one of the first people arrested after the assassination of the then-PRI presidential candidate, because he was wearing a jacket stained with the victim's blood and tested positive for gunshot residue using sodium rhodizonate.

Despite this evidence, the former agent was released shortly afterward, citing a lack of evidence.

His name resurfaced in 2024, when the Attorney General's Office (FGR) identified him as the alleged second shooter and requested his arrest.

FGR identifies him as alleged second shooter

According to the Attorney General's Office, the accused was the CISEN agent assigned to protect the presidential candidate, who was released at the time in a clear cover-up involving Genaro García Luna, who was the operational subdirector at CISEN and who rescued him in Tijuana, Baja California.

The evidence presented by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) against Jorge Antonio demonstrates his presence at the scene of the crime, at the exact moment of the shooting, just seconds apart.

"All the evidence provided by the FGR, and especially the blood tests, demonstrate that the victim's blood type was found on the accused's clothing.

"The rhodizonate tests indicate that the accused fired a weapon during that time, and none of the exculpatory evidence has been able to support his claim," he stated. 

Furthermore, it was asserted that numerous witness testimonies place the accused at the scene of the crime at the time of the shooting, from which he fled; and he denies having helped transport Luis Donaldo Colosio when he was wounded.

Sources: Milenio, Borderland Beat Archives