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Paraguay Orders 60 Days’ Preventive Detention as Extradition of Alleged La Barredora Leader Begins

The case moves to a full judicial review under the ParaguayMexico extradition treaty.

Overview

  • Mexico's request under criminal case No. 213/2025 seeks Hernán Bermúdez Requena on association, extortion and express kidnapping charges in Tabasco.
  • Judge Osmar Legal held an instructions hearing and opened proceedings after the detainee declined a simplified transfer.
  • The Public Ministry said the request arrived via diplomatic channels in line with Law No. 3027/2006 governing bilateral extraditions.
  • Bermúdez Requena remains in reinforced custody at SENAD facilities while the organized‑crime court processes the case.
  • Prosecutors and SENAD arrested him late Sept. 12 in a gated area of Mariano Roque Alonso after months of surveillance and seized assets in the raid.