Navy Minister's Confrontational Anti-Corruption Speech Praised by Sheinbaum, According to Wednesday's mañanera Summary
Mexico's Former Security Minister Arrested in Paraguay, to be Extradited
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Wednesday that Héctor Humberto Bermúdez Requena, a former security minister in the state of Tabasco, was arrested in Paraguay last Friday. Bermúdez is accused of heading up a criminal organization called La Barredora.
The Federal Attorney General's Office is investigating a fuel smuggling case allegedly involving members of the navy, including a vice admiral, and a petroleum tanker that was seized at the Gulf Coast port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, in March. Bermúdez refused to agree to a simplified extradition process, creating the expectation that his transfer to Mexico would take two months or longer.
Mexico's National Intelligence Center collaborated with Paraguayan authorities on the efforts to locate Bermúdez, who fled Mexico in January. The reason for his expulsion from Paraguay was his irregular entry to and presence in the country.
President Sheinbaum honored Mexico's heroines of Independence in her first 'Grito' as president on September 15, 2025. She recognized the courage and dignity of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Leona Vicario, and Gertrudis Bocanegra, who forged the resistance that led Mexico to freedom. Sheinbaum also noted that the Tabasco Attorney General's Office is investigating Bermúdez and stressed that her government won't seek to intervene in or influence the investigation in any way.
Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles made a "very powerful speech" at an Independence Day military parade event on Tuesday. Morales asserted that it would have been "absolutely unforgivable" to "keep quiet" about fuel smuggling allegedly involving members of the navy.
Former interior minister Adán Augusto López Hernández, now the ruling Morena party's top senator, has expressed his willingness to collaborate with authorities on the case against his former security minister in Tabasco.
President Sheinbaum apologized to an El Universal journalist for the way she rebuked him a week earlier for the way he framed a question about the death of a marine. Sheinbaum spoke about her history-making Grito de Independencia on Monday night.
Bermúdez will be sent to CEFERESO 1, a federal prison in México state, "to continue his legal process." Sheinbaum finds it "very important" that there not be impunity.
Sheinbaum also stated that the only independence heroine she was taught about in primary school was Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez. She believes part of being the first woman president has to do with recognizing the women in the history of Mexico.
President Sheinbaum held her first morning press conference of the week on Wednesday.
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