Politics · Mexico · 2 hrs ago
Families appeal decision ending criminal case against Francisco Garduño
Lawyers representing families of people killed and survivors of a 2023 fire at a migrant station in Ciudad Juárez have appealed a ruling in favor of former migration chief Francisco Garduño.
The fire killed 40 people and injured about 30, according to figures cited in the story.
A federal judge ruled that Garduño had met the conditions imposed on him and ended the criminal action against him.
The appeal challenges that decision, so the case is not yet closed.
The lawyers represent 10 families of people who died and 10 survivors, and say other legal challenges remain pending.
They also plan to pursue complaints before Mexican institutions and, if needed, the Inter-American human rights system.
Representatives of families and survivors of the Ciudad Juárez migrant-station fire appealed a ruling that ended the criminal case against former migration chief Francisco Garduño.
The federal judge had ruled that Garduño fulfilled the conditions imposed on him and extinguished the criminal action over the fire.
The groups represent 10 families of people who died and 10 survivors.
Their lawyers said the case is not closed and that judicial and other appeals remain available.
They said they may take their complaints to the Inter-American human rights system.
- Who
- Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors appealed the ruling in favor of Francisco Garduño.
- What
- They challenged the decision to end the criminal case against him.
- When
- Wednesday; the article was published on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Why
- They oppose the judge’s finding that Garduño had fulfilled the imposed conditions and the resulting end of the criminal action.
Families and survivors represented by legal groups
Federal judge Víctor Manlio Hernández Calderón
Appeal
Families and survivors represented by legal groups
They appealed the ruling and said the criminal case is not closed.
Federal judge Víctor Manlio Hernández Calderón
He ruled that Garduño had fulfilled the conditions imposed on him and extinguished the criminal action.
Justice process
Families and survivors represented by legal groups
Their lawyers said they would challenge the decisions and document alleged omissions, potentially for the Inter-American human rights system.
Federal judge Víctor Manlio Hernández Calderón
The article reports the judge’s ruling but does not state his response to the appeal.
A fire at the Ciudad Juárez migrant station killed 40 people and injured about 30, according to the article.
Garduño was named director general of Centers for Job Training at the Education Secretariat.
Representatives of families and survivors filed an appeal against the ruling ending the criminal action.
- Appeal filed
- Wednesday, October 2026
- Judge
- Víctor Manlio Hernández Calderón
- Families represented
- 10 families of people who died
- Survivors represented
- 10 survivors
- Fire date
- March 27, 2023
- Appeals previously filed
- 13 amparo cases
What people are saying
the criminal case is not closed
the Mexican legal system is not capable of analyzing cases of serious human rights violations in their proper dimension
the whole apparatus is aligned to clear Mr. Francisco Garduño Yáñez's record in criminal or administrative matters