Ángel Aguirre, ex-governor of Guerrero, transferred to El Altiplano; implicated in Ayotzinapa case

Former Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero has been transferred to El Altiplano, a maximum-security prison in the State of Mexico. His imprisonment follows his arrest for alleged involvement in the Ayotzinapa case. Aguirre faces charges including forced disappearance of persons and offenses against the administration of justice.

According to the National Registry of Detentions, Aguirre Rivero was apprehended by agents of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) in the Cedros neighborhood of Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico. This location is reportedly near the Mexico-Querétaro toll booth. At the time of his arrest, he was wearing blue denim pants, a green polo shirt, a navy blue jacket, and navy blue sneakers.

He was moved to El Altiplano to be placed at the disposal of a judge at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. This judge issued the arrest warrant against him. Aguirre's detention marks the second time in recent weeks that a former governor has been imprisoned at the federal penitentiary, known as Cefereso No.1. The previous week, former Baja California Governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel was also taken into custody.

Reports suggest Aguirre is implicated in the destruction of evidence related to the Ayotzinapa case, with at least two witnesses identifying him in connection with these actions, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGR). The Ayotzinapa case involves the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College.