The arrest arrived a working day right after a commission set up to determine what happened reported the army bore at least partial responsibility in the circumstance. In 2020, Gertz Manero claimed Murillo Karam had been implicated in "orchestrating a large media trick" and leading a "generalized go over-up" in the case. Jesús Murillo Karam served as attorney general from 2012 to 2015, beneath then President Enrique Peña Nieto.