Teuchitlán mayor arrested as controversy over alleged crematorium in Jalisco continues
- Federal prosecutors arrested José Ascención Murguia Santiago, mayor of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, last weekend on organized crime charges.
- The arrest followed investigations into alleged payments of 70,000 pesos monthly to Murguia for allowing cartel training camps in the municipality.
- Evidence links Murguia to Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel leaders, including meetings with José Gregorio Armida alias 'El Lastra' between April and October 2024.
- The Izaguirre ranch near Teuchitlán, seized in September 2024, served as a cartel training site with disputed claims about cremation and mass killings.
- Murguia's arrest highlights challenges in combating local cartel collusion and has prompted calls for thorough, impartial investigations amid community concern.
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Teuchitlán mayor arrested as controversy over alleged crematorium in Jalisco continues
Federal prosecutors arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, on Saturday, accusing him of colluding with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), among other charges. Teuchitlán, population 9,000, is the site of what had been thought to be a CJNG extermination camp, although the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) cast doubt on that description, saying there is no evidence that cremation occurred at the Izaguirre Ranch. Whether there is s…


Mayor of Teuchitlán sentenced to pretrial detention for links with the CJNG
Guadalajara, Jal., The emecista mayor of Teuchitlán, José Ascensión Murguía Santiago, was charged with the crimes of organized crime and forced disappearance of persons, yesterday, during a hearing in the third federal oral criminal court, based in Puente Grande prison, in which he was charged with receiving 70,000 pesos per month for collaborating with the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG).
Who is ‘Chon’? José Ascensión Murguía Santiago, mayor of Teuchitlán arrested
José Ascensión ‘Chon’ Murguía Santiago, municipal president of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, who was arrested this Saturday, May 3, at night, for allegedly being involved in the crimes of Rancho Izaguirre, has a long history with the municipality.Murguía Santiago, who is a member of the Citizen Movement party, is the first official to be arrested as part of the investigations of Rancho Izaguirre.The mayor’s capture was updated in the National Register of…
Mayor of Teuchitlán arrested for his association with the ranch of the Cartel Jalisco
The mayor of Teuchitlán, José Ascensión Murguía Santiago, of Movimiento Ciudadano, has been arrested this weekend by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for his association with the ranch Izaguirre, used by the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, at least as a center of operations and recruitment. Since the collectives of seeking mothers of the State will enter the ranch in early March and will find traces of bonfires, hundreds…
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