President Claudia Sheinbaum denied claims of selective justice after the arrest of former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo over alleged ties to a fuel smuggling network. The Attorney General's Office accuses him of belonging to a group that evaded more than 4 billion pesos in taxes.
Ernesto Ruffo was detained in Ensenada and transferred on Thursday, July 16, to Mexico City under custody of the Attorney General's Office. Authorities are investigating him for organized crime and fuel smuggling through the company Ingemar S.A. de C.V.
Prosecutor Ernestina Godoy detailed that the network carried out 4,238 import operations between January and July 2025 at Tamaulipas customs posts. Authorities estimate more than 15 million liters of undeclared fuel entered irregularly, causing fiscal damage exceeding 4 billion pesos.
Former President Felipe Calderón described the arrest as selective justice and noted that Morena officials accused by the United States have not been investigated. Ruffo's lawyer, Carlos Ramón Nava, said it was a political distraction and that his client is an ordinary citizen.
Senator Javier Corral, of Morena, expressed surprise and recalled that he had always considered Ruffo an honest and upright person. Sheinbaum responded that Calderón had criticized the former governor in 2017 for alleged links to organized crime.
