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Judge Keeps Freeze on Accounts of Ex-Tabasco Security Chief’s Wife and Daughter

A collegiate tribunal will review the denial after the relatives filed an appeal.

Overview

  • Judge Sandra Adriana Carbajal Díaz denied a definitive suspension sought to lift the UIF block on the accounts of Verónica Encalada Pérez and Verónica Bermúdez Encalada.
  • The UIF imposed the freezes in July after flagging unusual transactions and possible links to money laundering and fiscal simulation.
  • The same judge recently refused to unfreeze Hernán Bermúdez Requena’s own bank accounts in a separate ruling.
  • Bermúdez remains held at El Altiplano on organized crime, aggravated kidnapping and extortion charges, and the complementary investigation was extended to March 24, 2026.
  • Media reports indicate authorities are monitoring at least 15 related accounts with preliminary amounts estimated above 50 million pesos.