César Jáuregui, Maru Campos’s Former Prosecutor, Arrested in Relation to the CIA Case in Chihuahua
This article by Jesús Estrada originally appeared in the October 17, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The Chihuahua Prosecutor’s Office this morning arrested former prosecutor César Jáuregui Moreno, and will bring him before an initial hearing charged with the crime of unlawful exercise of public service, allegedly related to the participation of agents of the CIA in the operation to dismantle a narco lab in the community of El Pinal.
Jáuregui’s capture took place on Cantera Avenue in the city of Chihuahua, in an operation by agents of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and state police, stemming from the arrest warrant against him, within criminal case 3055/2026.
The Prosecutor’s Office obtained the arrest warrant yesterday, October 16, before judges of the Morelos District of the Judiciary of the State of Chihuahua.
The state Prosecutor’s Office is also seeking the arrest of the former special prosecutor for Strategic Operations and Anti-Kidnapping, Guillermo Arturo Zuany Portillo, against whom an arrest warrant was issued for unlawful exercise of public service, coalition, and false statements before authorities, with an aggravated penalty.
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