The reason for my arrest, I always said, was unjust and out of all legality.
Today, a federal judge confirms it.
I have been acquitted of the alleged electoral crime.– JAIME RDZ THE BRONCO (@JaimeRdzNL)
October 26, 2022
The case stems from the fact that between 2017 and 2018, more than 600 officials from the government of Nuevo León, which “El Bronco” headed, were deployed to collect signatures with which he obtained his registration as a candidate for the presidency before the National Electoral Institute. of the Republic.
For this reason, Jaime Rodríguez was denounced for the alleged commission of the crime of diversion of resources by the then senator and current emecista governor Samuel García.
Jaime Rodríguez was arrested on March 15 in Terán, Nuevo León.
During his time in prison, the former governor had complications from acute diverticulitis (infection in the digestive sac) that he suffers from.
Due to the above, they performed three surgeries that put his life at risk, according to the reports of his relatives and collaborators.
In June, his defense managed to get a control judge to change the precautionary measure due to health risks and for this he was sent to house arrest, which he served at his home in the municipality of García, Nuevo León.
