Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit, backed by the Finance Ministry, banking regulator CNBV and the Interior Ministry, ordered the immediate freeze of bank accounts belonging to Hernán Bermúdez Requena, former public-security secretary of Tabasco, along with those of his relatives, business partners and several associated companies. The measure, announced 25 July, follows detection of atypical transfers, unusual transactions and suspected fiscal-simulation schemes. Authorities also suspended the operations of gambling businesses connected to Bermúdez’s family, including the online betting sites CrownCity and CityBets, as part of the same probe into possible money laundering and corruption. Officials said the asset freeze is precautionary while investigators trace the origin of funds they believe could stem from illicit activities. Bermúdez, known as “Comandante H,” is accused of leading La Barredora, a faction tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. He has been a fugitive since February, when a Tabasco judge issued a warrant for organised crime, extortion and kidnapping and Interpol circulated a red notice for his arrest. On 23 July a Baja California court transferred Bermúdez’s request for constitutional protection to a judge in Tabasco and revoked the provisional injunction that had briefly shielded him from capture, leaving the warrant fully in force while the financial investigation advances.