4 National Guard members linked to process in Chihuahua; face express kidnapping charges

A judge has ordered four members of the National Guard in Chihuahua, Mexico, to stand trial for express kidnapping. The officers, identified as Fernando P.R., Horacio De la C.S., Alfredo G.C., and Jesús Gerardo R.A., were arrested at the Ciudad Juárez airport. They are accused of demanding money from at least five people, who provided evidence of being detained and forced to make deposits into the accused's accounts.

During the hearing, Judge Haydee de Santiago Wong Edges detailed the accusations, confirming that the evidence presented linked the defendants to the crime. As a result, the accused will remain in preventive detention for at least three months while the investigation continues. This case highlights serious allegations of abuse of power within the security forces.

Chihuahua Governor María Eugenia Campos Galván expressed her satisfaction with the judicial resolution and the National Guard's cooperation in the investigation. "I am very pleased that there was a complaint from the National Guard," Campos Galván stated. "It would be important for our security forces at all orders and levels of government to behave according to the law and serve the population."

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I am very pleased that there was a complaint from the National Guard. It would be important for our security forces at all orders and levels of government to behave according to the law and serve the population.