Overview

• Bermúdez Requena is being held at SENAD facilities by order of organized‑crime judge Osmar Legal after an initial hearing in Asunción.
• Paraguay received Mexico’s diplomatic request tied to case No. 213/2025, which cites association delictuosa, extortion and express kidnapping charges in Tabasco.
• He was captured late Sept. 12 in a raid on a gated neighborhood in Mariano Roque Alonso, where authorities also seized items for evidentiary review.
• Officials in both countries credited months of coordinated intelligence work, with Paraguay praising close collaboration with Mexico’s CNI.
• Prosecutors noted his age, 72, could complicate precautionary measures, and said he had been under surveillance in Paraguay for about five months.