Overview

• Federal Judge Rosa María Cervantes Mejía granted Capt. Miguel Ángel Solano Ruiz a definitive suspension that lets him attend his initial hearing without being detained, with a three-day deadline to appear before the Altiplano federal court.
• The suspension does not bar preventive detention if he is linked to the case and offers no protection from arrest for crimes in flagrancia or from other warrants, and it remains in force only if he posts a court-ordered monetary guarantee.
• The FGR’s arrest warrant, issued on August 19, accuses Solano of organized crime with the aim of committing hydrocarbons-related offenses.
• Investigators allege Solano acted as an intermediary for Vice Adm. Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna and his brother, coordinating bribes of 1.75 million pesos per vessel as 31 ships allegedly unloaded contraband fuels at Altamira and Tampico between April 2024 and March 2025.
• The probe cites 52.13 million pesos in betting outlays and about 400 suspicious-transaction reports tied to Solano, while a separate accused official, Carlos de Jesús Estudillo Villalobos, obtained a provisional suspension against his arrest.