Former Security Agent Arrested in Connection with 1994 Colosio Assassination

Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega, a former security agent, was arrested in Tijuana, implicated in the 1994 murder of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, raising questions about political conspiracies.

• On November 9, 2023, the Fiscalía General de la República (México) arrested Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega in Tijuana for his alleged role in the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta.
• The murder of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta occurred on March 23, 1994, in Lomas Taurinas, Tijuana, during a campaign rally for the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
• Sánchez Ortega, a former agent of the Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional (México), faces charges linked to the high-profile case that remains significant in Mexican political history.