The FGR filed charges against Rivera for the crimes of organized crime and aggravated kidnapping.
During the hearing, the authority also charged Juan Manuel Pérez Sosa, former director of Public Security, and Juan Gabriel Toribio Villarreal, former director of Cadastre and Property of Tequila.
The three are accused of their alleged links with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). This Friday the precautionary measure against the three former officials will be determined.
Cordero García and García Gutiérrez were tortured during the kidnappings to make them sign their resignations, according to the first investigations.
The indictment hearing against Rivera took place this Friday at the Federal Social Reintegration Center number 1, El Altiplano, in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.
The first investigations reveal that Rivera headed a network that was dedicated to extorting businessmen and merchants in Tequila. It also diverted public resources.
Supported by the Morena party, Diego Rivera became the municipal president of Tequila, Jalisco, in October 2024.
Upon taking office, he promised that his government would follow “the three great principles that marked the life of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador: do not lie, do not steal and do not betray.”
The councilor He was arrested this Thursday by federal security elements, the Army and the Navy.
The capture was part of the so-called Operation Swarm, a security strategy to combat extortion that in recent months led to the arrest of three other municipal presidents in the State of Mexico.
