Overview
- A retired Supreme Court justice told EL CEO that Javier Laynez Potisek judges the UIF under Omar Reyes Colmenares to have regained a more technical, less politicized profile compared with the 2018–2021 period.
- Official UIF figures show heavy enforcement in the Reyes period, with 24,622 bank account blocks and 2,395 additions to the List of Blocked Persons recorded between July 2025 and July 2026.
- Those figures are presented alongside earlier UIF data showing 30,957 blocked accounts and 5,564 blacklist entries from Santiago Nieto’s 2018–2021 tenure, a period critics link to public naming of high‑profile targets.
- The Supreme Court’s April ruling that allows the UIF to freeze accounts without a prior judicial order in cases with indicators of terrorism or money laundering remains in force and has been cited as creating practical obstacles to unblocking funds.
- Reporting also documents recent enforcement actions, including the UIF’s decision to block 40 people and companies tied to INE suppliers and to file a criminal complaint, and notes the agency issued two best‑practice guides for money transmitters and deposit warehouses.