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Federal Judge Bars Detention of Contraalmirante Fernando Farías as Defense Seeks Hearing Delay

A provisional suspension keeps him free from preventive imprisonment during a judicialized probe into alleged fiscal fuel theft.

Overview

  • Judge Emma Cristina Carlos Ávalos clarified that the provisional suspension prevents any arrest or execution of preventive detention against Fernando Farías while it remains in force.
  • The Fiscalía General de la República has brought the case to court and sought an initial hearing at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez.
  • Farías’s legal team asked the control judge to reprogram the initial hearing, arguing the prosecution delivered an incomplete 18,838‑page file with missing annexes and empty disks, including a referenced video.
  • An incidental hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 to decide aspects of the amparo sought against the arrest warrant or alleged torture.
  • Reports noted an Interpol red notice after the arrest warrant, yet Farías remains at liberty under the suspension, while his brother Vicealmirante Manuel Roberto Farías is imprisoned at Altiplano in the same investigation tied to a 10‑million‑liter fuel seizure.