Overview
- Federal Secretary Omar García Harfuch told reporters on Friday that La Barredora is “very mermada” and now operates in two factions reportedly led by aliases El Prada and La Mosca.
- Officials say the split follows months of targeted arrests that removed top operators, including Ulises “El Pinto,” Arturo “El Vampiro,” and the extradited alleged leader Hernán Bermúdez Requena, who was detained in Paraguay and returned to Mexico on Sept. 12, 2025.
- Authorities credit the results to coordinated federal-state operations and a change in Tabasco police command and instruction, stressing that local officers continue to work under reinforced joint plans rather than being wholesale replaced.
- Security officials warn that the group remains active in Tabasco despite its reduced capacity, and that splintering can raise risks of localized violence or reconstitution by offshoots.
- The case carries political sensitivity because Bermúdez is a former Tabasco security secretary who denies the charges, and investigators have linked La Barredora to regional networks and offshoots such as Pueblo Unido and possible ties to the CJNG.