Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Owner of Puerto Vallarta bar where Jalisco governor was murdered is released from jail

Tonight, the owner of the District 5 bar, José Manuel Sánchez Cruz (aka Manu Vaquita) was released from jail. District 5 was the restaurant and bar where the former governor of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval, was assassinated.

Sánchez Cruz left the Puente Grande prison around 9:30 p.m. this Friday after the State Prosecutor's Office requested the dismissal of charges for the crime of homicide.

The businessman and socialite had been detained since April 2021, when Mexico City authorities arrested him for the crimes of homicide and cover-up in . . .

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