{"id":8201,"date":"2023-08-04T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:15:38","slug":"mexico-city-arrests-neighboring-states-attorney-general-who-accuses-ex-soccer-star-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8201","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City Arrests Neighboring State\u2019s Attorney General, Who Accuses Ex-Soccer Star of Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lasillarota.com\/u\/fotografias\/m\/2023\/8\/4\/f1280x720-473382_605057_3253.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors from Mexico City took the extreme and unusual step of getting marines to accompany them across state lines and arrest Uriel Carmona, the attorney general of the neighboring state of Morelos, and spirit him back to the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The scene Friday in Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos state, was like a soap opera, involving dozens of heavily armed agents, political scandals, a former national soccer star and drug traffickers. One of Carmona\u2019s staff went live on Facebook to film the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City prosecutors said Carmona was arrested on charges of obstructing the investigation into the&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-caribbean-city-forensics-6225e52498ff4901db48aa31bbb9b673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 killing of a Mexico City woman<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;whose body was found dumped just over the state line in Morelos.<\/p>\n<p>But Carmona says he is the victim of a political conspiracy involving former soccer star Cuauht\u00e9moc Blanco, who is currently the governor of Morelos state. Carmona said President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador ordered his arrest because Carmona was investigating&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/soccer-sports-caribbean-international-soccer-mexico-city-740d98513afe08572cbc17c6fb1e1f50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blanco\u2019s alleged ties to drug traffickers<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Elementos del Ej\u00e9rcito Mexicano y la Marina, est\u00e1n en la casa del fiscal de Morelos: Uriel Carmona G\u00e1ndara. <\/p>\n<p>El Fiscal dice, que puede ser detenido, pero tengo fuero constitucional. <\/p>\n<p>El Fiscal est\u00e1 vinculado con el crimen organizado y el PRIANRD.<br \/>RT\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOhsUOmAK9\">pic.twitter.com\/IOhsUOmAK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Vargas Araujo (@DavidVargasA18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidVargasA18\/status\/1687536056202100740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blanco, a political ally of L\u00f3pez Obrador, has denied any links to drug traffickers after a 3-year-old photo surfaced showing him posing with three men identified as local drug gang leaders. Blanco said in 2022 that he did not then know who the men were, and that he assumed they were just soccer fans, with whom he frequently poses in photos.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the MVS radio station moments before he was arrested at his home, Carmona claimed he was the victim of a political persecution and blamed Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum \u2014&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-elections-president-claudia-sheinbaum-0c9e55ea616f7af7535967f4b99b6ea6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now a primary presidential candidate<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;for L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s Morena party \u2014 and the president himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a campaign against me to protect Morelos Gov. Cuauht\u00e9moc Blanco, because detectives under my command have opened more than 10 investigations against him for several serious crimes, like his probable ties to organized crime,\u201d Carmona said.<\/p>\n<p>Carmona called his arrest illegal, because an attorney general must first be impeached before being arrested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Page-storyBody gtmMainScrollContent\">\n<div class=\"RichTextStoryBody RichTextBody\">\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled that Carmona could not be arrested without first being impeached, but L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s office issued a statement in July rejecting the ruling, claiming that it did not apply to charges like obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum, who resigned as Mexico City mayor to contend for the 2024 ruling-party presidential nomination, rejected Carmona\u2019s accusations, saying \u201cthis is not a political issue, this is an issue of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Sheinbaum accused Carmona of intentionally botching an autopsy of Ariadna L\u00f3pez, 27, to cover up for her killer. Sheinbaum alleged that Carmona had ties to the suspected killer, though she refused to describe their purported links.<\/p>\n<p>Carmona said at the time that a state forensic exam showed L\u00f3pez choked on her own vomit as a result of intoxication. A second autopsy carried out by Mexico City experts found \u201cseveral lesions caused by blows\u201d on L\u00f3pez\u2019s body and listed the cause of death as \u201cmultiple traumas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Page-below\" data-modulewell=\"\">\n<div class=\"Advertisement nativo-hp-mw-00\">\n<div id=\"ntv1097657-0-96126\" class=\"PagePromo ntv-pagelist-item ntv1097657-0-96126 ntvClickOut noskim\" data-origintemplate=\"PagePromo\" data-mobile-alt-layout=\"true\" data-align-right=\"\" data-ntv-id=\"1097657-0\">\n<div class=\"PagePromo-media\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"PagePromo-content\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors from Mexico City took the extreme and unusual step of getting marines to accompany them across state lines and arrest Uriel Carmona, the attorney general of the neighboring state of Morelos, and spirit him back to the capital. 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