Overview
- A federal judge ordered preventive detention on Sunday for Ernesto Ruffo Appel after a multi‑day initial hearing in which the FGR and the Federal Public Ministry presented nearly 100 items of documentary and forensic evidence.
- Ruffo and four co‑defendants were transferred to the maximum‑security Altiplano prison while two suspects were placed under house arrest for health reasons and another was sent to a local penitentiary.
- The FGR says the network used false or incomplete customs declarations to import and sell fuel while evading taxes, and it estimates the scheme caused roughly 4,000 million pesos in fiscal harm for part of 2025.
- Authorities describe the probe as high complexity and ongoing after more than a year of investigations, coordinated raids and arrests, and the defense has requested an extension of procedural deadlines before linkage to process is decided.
- Separate police actions in Europe and Latin America this week show parallel transport‑related crime: Spain's Guardia Civil broke up a luxury watch robbery ring and Peru's police captured two suspects in the armed attack on a CIVA bus while a deadly police intervention in Huacho is under investigation and transport groups warn of strikes over extortion.