Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México
Mexico City prosecutor's office; probes the Reforma crush deaths and a housing-fraud short-let ring.
Mexico City's public prosecutor, still without a ruling on the four Paseo de la Reforma crush deaths of 30 June to 1 July, and now investigating a despojo ring reported 27 July that lists seized housing as short-lets.
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Nomads & CommunitiesOpened four investigations into the crush, three as possible negligent homicide
2026 FIFA World Cup: Four deaths on Paseo de la ReformaBackground
The Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México is Mexico City's public prosecutor's office, an autonomous constitutional body responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes committed in the capital, headed by a Fiscal General, with a REMIT spanning criminal investigation, victim support and crime-prevention policy.
The Reforma deaths came hours after Mexico beat Ecuador 2-0 at the Estadio Azteca. Mexico City later deployed a roughly 40,000-strong security operation for the following Azteca fixture and declared saldo blanco, no casualties, though nothing has been published on whether crowd management on Reforma that night was itself reviewed.
The office's despojo unit, distinct from the Reforma investigation, gives it a second live REMIT in the same period: probing whether occupied housing seized by fraud is being laundered through short-let listings before sale to developers.
Fiscalía keeps Reforma deaths unresolved
Four investigations remain open into the crush that killed four people at the Angel de la Independencia on the night of 30 June into 1 July, three classified homicidio culposo with no determination reached.
Its despojo unit is separately investigating rings accused of seizing occupied housing and listing it on short-let platforms before sale to developers, reported 27 July and still pending official confirmation; fewer than 5% of Mexico City's roughly 27,000 active short-lets have completed registration.