Overview

• The case file for cause 325/2025 reports that Grupo Potesta conducted 220 million pesos in operations with Vector and alleges the brokerage could have been used to route funds to other entities or abroad to conceal resources.
• Six analysts from the Centro Federal de Inteligencia Criminal identified at least 555 companies tied to contraband fuel schemes, according to the same document.
• The file flags Grupo Potesta for reporting only eight employees in 2023 while declaring 87,008,923 pesos in income, indicating probable tax fraud.
• An arrest warrant issued on August 19 names 13 suspects, including Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, who is reported to be held at the Altiplano prison.
• In June 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s FinCEN labeled Vector—owned by Alfonso Romo—along with CIBanco and Intercam as institutions of primary concern, restricted certain fund transfers, and alleged laundering for the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels and facilitation of precursor purchases.