By The Opinion
The former governor of Michoacán, Silvano Aureoles Rabbitis wanted by Mexican authorities after being accused of various crimes, while the State Prosecutor’s Office maintains that he fled the country with the support of organized crime.
According to prosecutor Carlos Torres Piña, members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) would have facilitated its compilation away to northern Mexico and possibly abroad.
The authorities reported that Aureoles avoided an operation deployed at the beginning of March 2025 in Jalisco, where he had been located. According to the investigation, from that point he was transferred with the help of said prison group, which has complicated his location.
The right governor, Alfredo Ramirez Bedollastated that there are indications that the former president is outside the country, even in the United States.
The government of Michoacán asked the Total Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic to file a red file with Interpol, in order to expand its search internationally.
The accusations against Aureoles include alleged fraud related to the diversion of billions of pesos in the construction and leasing of security barracks, as well as crimes of qualified homicide, torture and abuse of authority.
Due to these events, several former officials of his administration have already been arrested, including those who held positions in finance and public security, the site Expansión Política reported.
One of the most relevant investigations is linked to the events that occurred on April 5, 2017 in the indigenous community of Arantepacua, in the municipality of Nahuatzen. That day, a police operation was carried out to recover vehicles seized in the middle of an agrarian conflict, which led to an armed confrontation that left at least four community members dead, in addition to several injured and reports of disappearances.
According to research, security elements would have acted under orders from high state commanderswhich led to arrest warrants against Aureoles, the former Secretary of Public Security Juan Bernardo Corona Martínez and other officials and police officers allegedly involved.
Meanwhile, relatives and friends of the former governor have maintained that the accusations respond to political persecution. Aureoles, who governed Michoacán between 2015 and 2021, has denied the allegations against him and assures that there is no conclusive evidence.
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