Overview
- On Thursday the Fiscalía General del Estado de Tabasco formally presented an accusation for forced disappearance against Hernán Bermúdez Requena after concluding the complementary investigation.
- Bermúdez Requena remains detained at the maximum‑security El Altiplano prison after his 2025 arrest in Paraguay and extradition to Mexico.
- Prosecutors say he is linked as a suspected founder and leader of the criminal group La Barredora, a claim that underpins the forced disappearance allegation.
- Separately he faces charges for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated extortion and criminal association with the Fiscalía seeking a combined sentence reportedly up to 154 years.
- Authorities plan to use a virtual link between Tabasco courts and El Altiplano for hearings, a step that could speed the process while the accused maintains his denial and claims political persecution.