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Tomas Zeron

Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2024, 12:32 pm
Mexican fugitive official in Israel implicates ex-president in students’ disappearance
Tomás Zerón tells investigators that former leader Peña Nieto and other high-ranking officials were present in meeting where false explanation was invented
By AP
Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2023, 4:58 am
Wanted Mexican fugitive official in Israel claims ‘political persecution’
Mexico seeks extradition of Tomas Zeron, ex-head of Criminal Investigation Agency, accused of compromising probe into 2014 disappearance of 43 students; he awaits asylum answer
By ToI Staff
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech during a rally to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his 2018 presidential election victory at the Zocalo (main square) in Mexico City on July 1, 2023. (Claudio Cruz/AFP)
July 29, 2023, 4:24 am
Mexican president says Netanyahu willing to help in case of 43 missing students
Wanted ex-senior law enforcement official, accused of compromising investigation into 2014 disappearances, fled to Israel where he is seeking asylum; Mexico wants him extradited
By ToI Staff
The former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency, Tomas Zeron (L), arrives at the house at the end of the tunnel through which Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman could have escaped from the Altiplano prison, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 12, 2015. (AFP/YURI CORTEZ)
February 22, 2023, 12:16 pm
Israel unlikely to heed Mexican request to extradite former official – report
Israeli officials quoted saying bid to repatriate Tomas Zeron, implicated in compromised investigation of 2014 disappearance of 43 students, ‘all but dead’
By Ash Obel
Then-director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico Tomas Zeron listens during a press conference at the Attorney General building in Mexico City, on October 27, 2014. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
October 27, 2022, 8:32 am
Mexican investigator met fugitive official in Israel over missing students – report
NYT says head of truth commission met with wanted former senior official to offer ‘president’s support’ in exchange for information on 2014 disappearance of 43 students
By ToI Staff
Then-director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico Tomas Zeron listens during a press conference at the Attorney General building in Mexico City, on October 27, 2014. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
September 25, 2021, 5:43 pm
Mexico asks Bennett for Israel’s support on extraditing ex-investigator
Mexican president sends letter to PM requesting cooperation in case of former official Tomas Zeron, wanted in connection with disappearance of 43 students in 2014
By ToI Staff
Then-director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico Tomas Zeron listens during a press conference at the Attorney General building in Mexico City, on October 27, 2014. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
July 23, 2021, 1:36 am
Mexico urges Israel to cooperate in extraditing fugitive ex-investigator
Mexican president says he hopes Israel ‘acts with respect for human rights’ in case of former official Tomas Zeron, wanted in connection with disappearance of 43 students in 2014
By ToI Staff
Then-director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico Tomas Zeron listens during a press conference at the Attorney General building in Mexico City, on October 27, 2014. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
July 15, 2021, 9:08 pm
Israel said delaying extradition case of wanted Mexican over nation’s UN votes
Senior Israeli official says that slow-walking of request to hand over former official Tomas Zeron, wanted in connection with abduction, torture, is part of ‘tit-for-tat diplomacy’
By ToI Staff
Then-director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico Tomas Zeron listens during a press conference at the Attorney General building in Mexico City, on October 27, 2014. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
January 14, 2021, 10:12 pm
Mexico says fugitive ex-investigator seeking asylum in Israel
Former head of the country’s Criminal Investigation Agency Tomas Zeron is accused of using torture, enforced disappearance and embezzling $55 million of public funds
By AFP
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