The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) is not ruling out the possibility of issuing a subpoena for singer Julión Álvarez for alleged connections to drug lord Raúl Flores Hernández.
Álvarez’s name appeared on a sanctions list by the U.S. Treasury Department alongside soccer star Rafael Márquez Álvarez and at least 40 other people with alleged connections to Flores Hernández’s cartel.
Norteno band leader #JulionAlvarez and Mexican soccer star #RafaelMarquez among 22 sanctioned for alleged drug ties https://t.co/GRCxQQmpmm pic.twitter.com/CTkSMTu3vZ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 9, 2017
PGR Deputy Attorney General for Regional Control, Penal Procedures and Amparos (Mexican legal process that protects citizens and their basic human rights) Gilberto Higuera Bernal said that appropriate steps will be taken after their investigation is over and that the PGR has “the ability to subpoena whoever is necessary.”
In the case of Márquez Álvarez, Higeura Bernal said that “the presumption of innocence must be considered, as it is key in our justice system.”