"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
This incredible period, two assassinations, establishment of the IFE, ratification of NAFTA, the end of article 27, the end of the PRI.
ReplyDeleteI approve this masssage!
ReplyDeleteDonaldo Colosio was led like a sacrificial lamb to the slaughter. 🐑
ReplyDeleteA bribe was paid back then NOW THERES NO REASON TO HONOR IT SO ARREST HIM !!!! Thats mexico for you
ReplyDeleteOff topic
ReplyDeleteDidn't Claudia Sniderbaun, assign a group of FGR agents to find out who killed, the Mayor in Urapan. We have not heard of any developments, not even a theory of what Cartel ordered the hit.
Lack of evidence they had all the evidence they needed
ReplyDeleteAnother smoke screen from the incompetent Mexican president to take the media's attention away from the assassination of a very popular mayor in uruapan
ReplyDeleteThis scumbag is guilty as sin. Only in Mexico can you have all that evidence against you and remain free after all these years. Colosio would've been great for Tijuana. The people loved that guy. What a damn shame. Nuff Said!!!
ReplyDelete