Overview

• Sheinbaum said López Obrador requested Hernán Bermúdez Requena be removed in December 2023 after the previous federal security cabinet raised concerns about possible criminal links.
• The president emphasized that the FGR must determine the authenticity and sufficiency of the testimony attributed to a protected witness before taking further steps.
• According to the protected witness identified as CTDR, Bermúdez allegedly negotiated with a figure known as “El Pelón de Playa” in 2018 and later headed a group called La Barredora.
• Authorities have Bermúdez in federal custody at the Altiplano prison after he was detained in Paraguay and expelled to Mexico.
• Sheinbaum stated that there is currently no evidence implicating Senator Adán Augusto López Hernández in the case.