Appellate Court Ratifies Preventive Prison for Army Officer Pirita Ochoa

A collegiate appellate tribunal denied a request for conditional release from Subteniente Fabián Alejandro Pirita Ochoa, a member of the 27th Infantry Battalion who was present in Iguala on the night of September 26–27, 2014 and faces forced-disappearance charges. The court rejected the defense's argument that he posed no flight risk, ratifying the justified preventive imprisonment imposed in a June 18, 2026 ruling. Pirita Ochoa remains held at Campo Militar 1-A, separate from the civilian Altiplano facility holding Ángel Aguirre — underscoring that the case's military track continues to move on a distinct, slower legal timeline than the newly opened civilian-official track.