Azuara de la Luz was arrested in September 2022, while the officer who accompanied him in the car, identified only by his first name “Gerardo” due to Mexican privacy laws, disappeared.
On Thursday, a Mexico State judge ruled that Azuara de la Luz was guilty of being the officer seen shooting at the vehicle in the footage and to blame for Ocaña’s death. The other wanted ex-cop allegedly drove the vehicle and remains a fugitive. Azuara de la Luz will be sentenced on Dec 19.
Although the video footage of the crime scene and car chase were invaluable to disproving the cops’ version of events, the widespread sharing throughout social media caused much anguish to his family. After his death, the Ocaña family rallied to get the so-called Ocaña Ley [law] passed in Mexico State in October, that allowed people who shared images of dead victims online to be penalized.
Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zy7n/cop-found-guilty-for-death-of-former-child-actor-after-high-speed-car-chase
