US EditionMexico Captures Top Cartel Leader of 'La Barredora' in Paraguay Operation
Hernán Bermudez led La Barredora cartel faction while serving as Tabasco's security chief, using police forces for enforcement, and faces charges including extortion and kidnapping, officials say.
- Paraguayan and Mexican authorities arrested Hernán Bermúdez, former security chief of Tabasco, at a home in Asunción on a Friday night in early 2025.
- Bermúdez fled Mexico in January after a February arrest warrant and Interpol Red Notice issued in July for charges including criminal association, extortion, and kidnapping.
- Authorities identified Bermúdez as the leader of La Barredora, a Tabasco-based criminal group linked to CJNG that operated with insiders in public security institutions.
- Paraguay's National Anti-Drugs Secretary Jalil Rachid said they located Bermúdez through Paraguayan financial transactions, and he refused a simplified extradition process during a Saturday hearing.
- Bermúdez remains jailed in Paraguay with extradition expected to take months, while Mexican and Paraguayan presidents hailed the arrest as a major blow to transnational organized crime.
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Former Tabasco security minister arrested in Paraguay on organized crime charges
Hernán Bermúdez Requena, a former security minister in the state of Tabasco who is accused of heading up a crime organization, was arrested in Paraguay on Friday, Mexican and Paraguayan authorities said.
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Paraguay believes fugitive ex-Mexican state security chief wanted to start a criminal cell
Paraguay authorities say they believe a former state security chief from Mexico arrested there over the weekend was planning to establish a criminal network in the South American nation.
Asunción, 14 Sep (EFE).- Mexican Hernán Bermúdez Requena, alleged leader of the criminal group La Barredora, linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación
Top Mexican Cop Turned Cartel Commander — CJNG's ‘El Abuelo’ Arrested in Paraguay
A newly captured cartel boss with deep political connections assumed leadership of a regional cell of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) while having been the head of the state police force in the Mexican State of Tabasco. He allegedly used police forces to carry out enforcement actions against rivals. CJNG is one of the six Mexican cartels listed as foreign terrorist groups by the U.S. government. The post Top Mexican Cop Turned Cartel Comman…
Hernán Bermúdez, leader of the Mexican ‘La Barredora’ cartel and former Security Secretary, arrested
In Paraguay Hernán Bermúdez, alias El Abuelo, leader of the Mexican cartel La Barredora, was arrested. He is former Secretary of Security of Tabasco and is charged with extortion, express kidnapping and other crimes.
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