Abarca has since been charged with the kidnapping of the students.

Abarca is one of the DACA recipients who sued the administration.

Abarca is not confident that Trump's administration will ultimately protect people in her position.

Abarca dreams of one day becoming mayor of Baltimore.

Abarca said he had tried and failed to maintain his family in the impoverished Honduran city of Choloma.

Photo: AFP Jose Luis Abarca was detained by federal police officers in the capital, Mexico City, a police spokesman said.

On Monday, the federal courts authority said a judge had ruled Abarca's wife will stand trial for links to organized crime.

Pineda and Abarca fled Iguala a few days after the abduction of the students, and were captured in November by police.

Apart from being the wife of Major José Luis Abarca Velázquez, she was said to be a member of a drug-trafficking clan.

Abarca was already facing charges of links to organized crime as well as kidnapping and murder charges related to other cases besides the students.

Fugitive former mayor Jose Luis Abarca speaks to the media in Chilpancingo in this October 29, 2013 file photo.

Mexican officials have accused Mr Abarca of ordering police to confront the students on the day of their disappearance on 26 September, the BBC reported.

A mugshot of Jose Luis Abarca, former mayor of Iguala, is displayed on a screen during a news conference in Mexico City November 4, 2014.