The Attorney General's Office (FGR) has arrested the former governor of Chihuahua, César Duarte Jáquez, for his alleged involvement in the crime of operations with resources of illicit origin. He has been transferred to the maximum-security prison 'Altiplano' in the State of Mexico to await the judge's decision. According to the FGR, the arrest was carried out in the state of Chihuahua in compliance with an arrest warrant issued by a federal judge on May 16, 2024. This warrant stems from a scheme used by the former PRI governor to hide money he allegedly embezzled from public funds. 'The facts under investigation against César 'N' are for his probable intervention as a public servant in Chihuahua in a money laundering scheme, in which he attempted to hide illicit resources diverted from the state treasury by using the Mexican Financial System,' the FGR explained in a statement. The arrest warrant against César Duarte Jáquez was issued by a Control Judge attached to the Federal Criminal Center in the State of Mexico, residing in Almoloya de Juárez, derived from an investigation file opened by the federal prosecutor's office. The FGR recalled that the former governor of Chihuahua had been arrested in the United States on July 8, 2020, to comply with an extradition request presented by the government of Mexico so that César Duarte could face a first criminal process for the crimes of embezzlement and criminal association. Subsequently, on June 2, 2022, he was extradited to Mexico. According to the Attorney General's Office, the arrest warrant against César Duarte was issued by the federal judge on May 16, 2024, but it could not be executed because Mexico had only requested its counterpart in the United States the extradition order for the crimes of embezzlement and criminal association. However, on October 4, 2024, an authorization was processed before the Government of the United States to be able to prosecute him for a crime different from embezzlement and criminal association, which was granted on December 4, 2025. The process for the crimes of embezzlement and criminal association against César Duarte is being handled by the Chihuahua Prosecutor's Office.
