After meeting the requirements of having a bond guaranteeing 2 million pesos, it was confirmed that the coordinator of Grupos Beta in Chihuahua, Juan Carlos Meza Cumplido, can face freedom the criminal proceedings against him for his alleged responsibility in the deaths of 40 migrants and 27 foreigners injured due to a fire that occurred at the Immigration Station in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, on March 27, 2023.
According to the court ruling, issued by Juan José Chávez Montes, a District Judge specializing in the Accusatory Criminal System at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, the judge accepted that the defendant and his defense had met the requirement of posting a 2 million peso bond, which was required to grant the change of precautionary measure and allow him to face the criminal proceedings inFreedom.
It was also reported that during the hearing, the contract signed with Sistemas ACAO Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable and Elisa Burgos Ortega for the placement of the electronic bracelet locator was exhibited.
The defense also handed over Meza Cumplido's U.S. visa and passport to the Attorney General's Office (FGR).
Once compliance with the precautionary measures imposed on the official was confirmed, he was ordered to appear before the Authority for the Supervision of Precautionary Measures and Conditional Suspension of the Process in Ciudad Juárez, and the authority was ordered to monitor the defendant's prohibition against approaching within 300 meters of the Mexican border lines and the facilities of the National Migration Institute.
