Overview
- Federal Judge Sandra Adriana Carbajal Díaz in Villahermosa denied Bermúdez a provisional suspension on December 26, leaving the UIF-ordered blocks in place.
- The UIF placed Bermúdez on the Mexican financial system’s blocked-persons list on July 24, freezing his bank accounts.
- Bermúdez is held at the Altiplano maximum-security prison and claims in his amparo filing that he and his family are targets of political persecution.
- He faces a state case for association, extortion and kidnapping, and a separate federal arrest warrant for organized crime and kidnapping that has not been executed.
- In the state proceedings, a judge extended the complementary investigation by three months, setting a new deadline of March 24, 2026.