Ex-Mexican state attorney general could face treason trial over secret CIA raid after two US agents died in a crash

A federal judge will decide on Saturday whether to allow a treason indictment against César Jáuregui, the former Chihuahua state district attorney. Prosecutors told a closed hearing they want an 'exemplary punishment' to stop a repeat of the US removal of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. Jáuregui, arrested on 17 October, is held at a maximum-security prison. On Thursday a judge cleared state charges against him to proceed to trial.

The April drug-lab raid only became public after a crash killed four people: two CIA agents and two local officials.

Mexican law bars foreign operatives from working without explicit federal approval.

President Claudia Sheinbaum, for whom defending national sovereignty has been a cornerstone of her administration, was angered by the raid.