The popular former Monterrey footballer did not appear at the hearing, so a judge in Nuevo León issued a new arrest warrant against him
MONTERREY – The case against Jesus “Kid” Arellano because rape took a new turn after Authorities in Nuevo León have issued a new arrest warrant against him when absent from a hearing.
Documents in possession ESPN Digital indicate that a judge of control and oral criminal proceedings of the State of Nuevo León has issued an arrest warrant against Arellano, former team player Rayados from Monterrey.
The affected party has appealed in the investigation in recent months and a hearing was held on December 19, 2020, but the former player did not show up there and only his lawyers were there.
Faced with this situation, the control judge ruled against the arrest warrant Jesus Arellano. Even an informed source ESPN that there were already search warrants to find out where the former player, who in 2017 was accused of rape, was, which meant he had been in prison at the time.
Jesus Arellano had been a fugitive from justice, but in May 2019, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Nuevo León reported that the former footballer was detained and admitted to Topo Chico Prison, in the city of Monterrey.
The former Mexican national was also in jail for five days in 2019, but his release was ordered after the judge ruled that there was not enough evidence to link him to the trial, but now, before the affected party’s appeal, he is again wanted by the Authorities.