Baja California
FGR denies requesting block on Verónica Ruffo's accounts
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The Fiscalía General de la República clarified it did not request the immobilization of funds belonging to Verónica Ruffo, daughter of former Baja California governor Ernesto 'N'.
The defense of former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel filed two amparos to challenge his detention and transfer to El Altiplano prison.
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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.
Early Saturday morning, security forces detained Javier Gabriel “N”, alias “La Piruja”, in Mexicali, a suspected high-ranking member of a Sinaloa-linked criminal structure. The operation led to the seizure of weapons, drugs, and vehicles. The detainee faces federal investigation for his role in regional criminal activities.
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Various sectors in Baja California have disapproved of the state government's ties to businessmen accused by the United States of money laundering. Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila faces criticism for her administration's relations with suppliers like José Galicot and Jorge Arturo Rojas Navarro. These companies were sanctioned for their alleged links to organized crime.