According to his information, Bermúdez Requena entered Paraguayan territory illegally to meet his nephew, Gerardo Bermúdez Arreola.
“A nephew of his had settled here in Paraguay, who was also investigated, was apprehended in Paraguay,” said Jalil Rachid.
The official reported that Bermúdez rejected abbreviated extradition to Mexico.
“As you know, he refused to the abbreviated procedure of extradition, that is, he wants to legally fight his extradition, the process is quite complex because they are a series of documents that come from Mexico and that Paraguay analyzes,” said the Paraguayan official.
The extradition of Hernán Bermúdez will not be simple for Mexico. Not accepting its voluntary shipment, Mexican justice can wait months for the former official In front of his responsibility for the crimes of criminal association, extortion and express kidnapping.
After eight months of leaving Mexico, this Friday, September 11, the former Secretary of Public Security of Tabasco and a man close to Senator Adam Augusto López was arrested.
The leader of the criminal organization “La Barredora”, dedicated to crimes such as narcomenudeo and extortion, was arrested at a private home in Asunción.
In her social networks, President Claudia Sheinbaum thanked her counterpart from Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios, the collaboration for the arrest of Bermúdez.
Since last July, Hernán Bermúdez was sought in 196 countries associated with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the Government of Mexico since then expected its arrest.
