The former attorney general of Nayarit, Edgar Veytia, is no longer in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). According to the latest information, Veytia ceased to be in federal custody as of last Monday. The BOP clarifies that he may still be under the custody of another criminal justice system, on probation or supervised release.
Veytia's sentence was reduced in April 2024 from 20 to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, thanks to his cooperation as a witness in the case against Genaro García Luna, before Judge Carol Bagley Amon. Until last Monday, Veytia was held at FCI Ashland, a low-security federal prison in Ashland, Kentucky, serving a sentence for drug trafficking.
Previously, Veytia was expected to be released on October 3, 2025, according to BOP records, but he was apparently released eight months early. Veytia benefited from a sentence reduction under Rule 35, which allows adjustments to the sentence for providing substantial assistance to authorities.
The former Nayarit prosecutor was a witness in the trial against Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security during the Felipe Calderón administration, and collaborated in the initial charges against Salvador Cienfuegos, former Secretary of National Defense during the Enrique Peña Nieto administration, who was released following an agreement with Mexico, despite Veytia's allegations.
Petronilo Díaz Ponce Medrano, the attorney general of Nayarit, mentioned that the extradition order against Edgar Veytia remains active with the Attorney General's Office (FGR). There are nine pending arrest warrants in the state against Veytia for serious crimes, including aggravated kidnapping, extortion, abuse of authority, influence peddling, and torture.
