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Court Order Shields Vice Admiral Fernando Farías From Detention Ahead of Altiplano Hearing

The suspension blocks any preventive custody that would ordinarily be mandatory for organized‑crime charges tied to hydrocarbons.

Overview

  • Federal Judge Emma Cristina Carlos Ávalos clarified that Farías cannot be deprived of his liberty while a provisional suspension remains in force, even if a control judge orders preventive imprisonment.
  • Farías is cited to appear Wednesday at an initial hearing in the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez before Judge Mario Elizondo Martínez.
  • Prosecutors have judicialized a case alleging Farías led a customs‑based fiscal fuel‑theft network, while his brother, Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías, is already held at the Altiplano prison.
  • Defense representatives say they only just received some volumes of the investigation file despite earlier instructions that the complete case record be delivered.
  • An arrest warrant was previously issued and an Interpol red notice was reported, and a separate incidental amparo hearing on protection against arrest or torture is listed for Thursday morning.