Overview

• Bermúdez was placed in preventive detention on association delictuosa, extortion and express kidnapping charges and transferred to the Altiplano maximum‑security prison.
• During the initial hearing held by videoconference, he declined to testify and invoked duplicidad del término constitucional, setting a resolution for Tuesday.
• Tabasco’s state prosecutor said investigations now extend to additional public servants suspected of collusion with La Barredora.
• The local case proceeds independently of an FGR investigation that includes a cooperating witness alleging hotelier Miguel Sánchez Ficachi held roughly 40 million pesos for Bermúdez, moved by private aircraft from Villahermosa to Mérida.
• The state prosecutor indicated the charges could carry a sentence of up to 158 years if a court convicts Bermúdez.