Overview

• A Tabasco control judge imposed preventive prison on Hernán Bermúdez Requena after a remote hearing for alleged extortion, express kidnapping and criminal association.
• The defense sought duplicity of the constitutional term, postponing the decision on whether to bind him over for trial until Tuesday.
• State prosecutors said the combined penalties for the local charges could reach up to 158 years if he is convicted, while a separate federal case for organized crime and aggravated kidnapping is pending.
• Bermúdez was detained in Paraguay on September 12 for irregular entry and was delivered to Mexican authorities, after which he was lodged at the El Altiplano federal prison.
• In related political fallout, President Claudia Sheinbaum said nothing currently incriminates Senator Adán Augusto López, PAN legislators urged he testify, and the UIF reported insufficient grounds to freeze deputy Hilda Araceli Brown’s accounts despite new U.S. Treasury sanctions.