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Sheinbaum Says Navy Captain’s Death in Sonora Appears Accidental as FGR Opens Inquiry

The fatality occurs during a huachicol fiscal probe, triggering arrests and intensifying calls for transparent oversight.

Overview

  • Semar confirmed that Capt. Adrián Omar del Ángel Zúñiga died during a live-fire exercise in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, and pledged institutional support to his family.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said the incident appears to be an accident and stated that the Fiscalía General de la República is conducting the investigation.
  • A day earlier, Capt. Abraham Jeremías Pérez Ramírez was found dead in his Altamira office in a case treated as an apparent suicide, which the attorney general said was not tied to the fuel-smuggling probe.
  • PAN senators moved for an urgent, in-depth inquiry into the recent deaths that news reports have associated with investigations of illicit fuel imports.
  • Authorities report 14 arrests in the huachicol fiscal case, including Vice Adm. Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, while a judge granted a provisional suspension blocking an arrest order for his brother, Rear Adm. Fernando Farías Laguna.