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Prosecutors Allege Tabasco Police Shielded 'La Barredora' Under Ex‑Security Chief Bermúdez

The investigation cites forced fuel sales, migrant fees, account freezes, with Bermúdez jailed at Altiplano after his extradition.

Overview

  • FEMDO case files presented to a judge state that patrols and officers were assigned on orders of Hernán Bermúdez to guard drug deliveries, carry out abductions and escort tankers moving stolen fuel.
  • Witness and judicial records describe gas station owners being forced to sell huachicol at 15–16 pesos per liter, deliver a cut of proceeds to Bermúdez, and face threats or dispossession if they resisted.
  • The FGR and the Army seized a gas station allegedly taken from businessman Ramón Martínez Armengol on February 28, while the UIF froze bank accounts tied to Bermúdez, relatives and linked firms.
  • Investigative documents outline a migrant‑trafficking route through Tabasco charging about 1,200 pesos per person, with state agents easing passage and an operative identified as “Balu” overseeing entries and exits.
  • After arrest in Paraguay and transfer to Mexico, Bermúdez remains in Altiplano under state charges of association, extortion and express kidnapping as virtual hearings proceed, with officials signaling possible further warrants and no formal incriminating evidence filed against Senator Adán Augusto to date.