Overview
- A federal judge ordered preventive detention for Eduardo Enrique Gómez García after his arrest in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, on charges of organized crime and peculado tied to alleged illicit contracting.
- Investigators say that as OADPRS commissioner between December 2008 and August 2013, Gómez García signed service contracts used to divert roughly 5 billion pesos meant for federal penitentiaries.
- During the initial hearing, prosecutors filed the imputation while the defense sought the constitutional extension to define his legal status, which is expected to be resolved next week.
- The case forms part of a broader FEMDO probe that includes 61 arrest warrants and has already seen Jesús Alberto Caballero Tardaguila and María Vanesa Pedraza Madrid linked to proceedings, with Pedraza alleged to have used Nunvav, Inc. to move funds benefiting García Luna and his family.
- Separately, Puebla authorities detained three municipal police and a civilian accused of belonging to an internal cell called “La Cofradía” that allegedly protected and coordinated with La Barredora and is linked to the March 1, 2025 killing of two officers.