Abarca’s Wife is Taken to Nayarit Federal Prison For Involvement in Organized Crime

Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa was, for the second time, placed under a twenty day restriction order
and brought before a federal judge for organized crime.

MEXICO CITY, 01/05/2015. Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, wife of ex mayor Jose Luis Abarca, was transfered from the Centro Nacional de Arraigos, to Nayarit federal prison.

According to the information obtained, the female was detained together with her husband , as the suspected couple directly responsible for the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa, on September 26 in Iguala. She was taken to the Federal Center of Social Rehabilitation (Cefereso), located en El Rincon, Nayarit.

The office of Government Security confirmed that Pineda Villa was presented before a federal judge as the suspect of organized crime.

Pineda Villela was apprehended November 4 at her home at Iztapalapa, in Mexico City, where she and her husband remained hidding since right after the students’ disappearance. She had been put under a restriction order for 40 days, and at the end of its term, the authorities prolonged the restriction order 20 more days. The restriction order expired Sunday, Jan. 4.

On the other hand, Jose Luis Abarca is kept imprison in the Altiplano prison, situated in Almoyola de Juares, Mexico, accused of murder, kidnapping and organized crime.

This afternoon, the Attorney General will be holding a press conference to offer more information and give more details about the legal implications in the case of Pineda Villa.

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