According to the Prosecutor's Office, the arrest warrant against César Duarte was issued by a federal judge on May 16, 2024, but it could not be executed because Mexico had only requested the United States to extradite him for embezzlement and criminal association. However, on October 4, 2024, an authorization was processed with 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 case for embezzlement and criminal association against César Duarte is being processed by the Chihuahua Prosecutor's Office. On October 4, 2024, an authorization was processed with 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 facts under investigation against César 'N' are for his probable participation as a public servant in Chihuahua in a money laundering scheme, in which he tried to hide resources of illicit origin diverted from the state treasury, using for this purpose the Mexican Financial System," explained the FGR in a statement. The arrest warrant against Duarte Jáquez was issued by a Control Judge attached to the Federal Criminal Justice Center in the State of Mexico, residing in Almoloya de Juárez, derived from an investigation folder opened by the federal prosecutor. The FGR recalled that the former governor of Chihuahua had been arrested in the United States on July 8, 2020, in compliance with an extradition order presented by the government of Mexico so that César Duarte would face a first criminal process for the crimes of embezzlement and criminal association. Subsequently, on June 2, 2022, he was extradited to Mexico. This is the first major blow for Ernestina Godoy in the Attorney General's Office, which arrested the former governor of Chihuahua, César Duarte, for his presumed responsibility in the crime of operations with resources of illicit origin, for which he was transferred to the maximum security prison "Altiplano" in the State of Mexico. 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, derived from a scheme used by the former PRI governor to try to hide money that he had diverted from the public coffers.
