MEXICO CITY.- An official of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) and former collaborator of Genaro García Lunaconvicted of links to drug trafficking, for the alleged sexual abuse of a woman.
According to capital media, the detainee had abused a worker at the Court in the same facilities of the judicial complex.
The arrest occurred yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, according to reports obtained by Infobae.
Court worker arrested for sexual abuse
Ricardo Marquez Blasan active SCJN official, was arrested by elements of the Investigative Police (PDI) for allegedly committing a crime of a sexual nature in his workplace.
Márquez Blas was named head of the Institutional Strengthening Coordination of the Court, by the minister president Norma Piña in August 2023.
The former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador criticized the appointment because Márquez was a collaborator of García Luna during the six-year term of Felipe Calderon.
According to a query from National Arrest Registry (RND), made by InfobaeMárquez Blas was arrested yesterday, Tuesday.
The same day he was presented before a judge in the East Prison to define your legal situation.
The victim of the abuse filed a complaint with the Public Ministry two months ago; details having been raped inside the premises of the Supreme Court.
Among the evidence he presented were messages from WhatsApp in which the official alleges that “they couldn’t do anything to him” because he is “close” to Minister Norma Piña and other members of the SCJN.
His arrest took place in the Centro de la Colonia Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office in CDMX shortly after 6:00 p.m.
The SCJN confirmed that Ricardo Márquez is personnel assigned to the Institution Strengthening Coordination.
He also reported that he is in the process of investigating the General Investigation Unit of Administrative Responsibilities (UGIRA), due to an internal complaint against him.
“All the precautionary measures determined by UGIRA were complied with from the first minute it ordered them.”
The Court reaffirmed “its commitment to the defense of women’s rights and against gender violence” and to the principle of presumption of innocence.
Relationship between Ricardo Márquez Blas and García Luna
Márquez was in charge of the National Information Center of the Executive Secretary of the National Public Security System (SNSP), with Calderón.
In the same six-year period, Genaro García Luna He served as Secretary of Public Security, during which he was at the forefront of the “war on drugs.”
However, he was found guilty of links to drug trafficking in a court of USA, for which he was sentenced to 38 years in prison.
“It will have to be investigated if he is not involved in crimes and investigation files,” AMLO said about Ricardo Marquez after his appointment to the SCJN.
Detectives @PDI_FGJCDMX arrest RICARDO MARQUEZ BLAS
official of the #SCJN for sexual crime**A judge of #CDMX issued the arrest warrant after the #MP presented the evidence relating to the accusation made by an employee of the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/krZhnb8HiI
— Juan Carlos Alarcón 🇺🇦 (@amarilloalarcon) October 23, 2024
During Calderón’s six-year term, Márquez was responsible for the criminalistics database Mexico Platform.
Until 2022 he was an independent consultant on security issues, he detailed. The Universal.
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