Overview

• A federal judge issued an auto de formal prisión for Ricardo Humberto Hernández Coronado after the Federal Prosecutor’s Office presented evidence.
• He is accused of introducing weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives, and materials reserved for the Armed Forces into Mexico without permits.
• Police detained him in Hermosillo, Sonora, in an operation by the Federal Ministerial Police and the Criminal Investigation Agency coordinated with the national security cabinet.
• He is being held at Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 11, known as CPS‑Sonora, pending prosecution by FEMDO.
• The case is linked to the U.S. ATF’s Fast and Furious operation, and other former officials tied to the matter, including Luis Cárdenas Palomino and Facundo Rosas, previously saw accusations dismissed.