Ex-prosecutor charged with treason in Mexico over US drug raid

Federal prosecutors in Mexico have charged a former state prosecutor with treason for allowing US agents to join a raid on a suspected drugs lab in April without proper authorization.

César Jáuregui Moreno served as attorney general of the northern border state of Chihuahua from 2023 to this year.

The involvement of Americans came to light after two US agents said to have worked for the CIA died in a car crash in Chihuahua along with two Mexican law enforcement officers.

Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said Jáuregui had allowed foreign agents to carry out activities reserved for Mexican authorities and had failed to share information. Jáuregui has denied the prosecution.

The former prosecutor, who is a member of the conservative opposition PAN party, was arrested at the weekend. A court hearing is scheduled for Saturday.

Jáuregui also faces state-level charges in Chihuahua, including of abuse of public office. In a court hearing for those charges on Sunday, he denied that he instructed or consented to the involvement of US agents in the operation.

Source: BBC News World RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)