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Ernesto Ruffo and Hernán Rivas face legal developments in Mexico and Paraguay

In Mexico, former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel has been granted house arrest in Ensenada to continue his legal process. He faces charges of organized crime and fuel smuggling related to a large-scale tax evasion scheme. The Federal Attorney General's Office (FGR) alleges that Ruffo's company, Ingemar, was involved in the irregular import of over 2 billion liters of petroleum products, causing an estimated 166 million pesos in damage to the public treasury. Ruffo, 74, will remain under the permanent surveillance of the National Guard and is prohibited from leaving the country or contacting witnesses.

In Paraguay, former senator Hernán Rivas has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the production and use of false public documents. A court found that Rivas lacked the necessary academic credentials from Universidad Sudamericana to practice law. The ruling noted that Rivas used his fraudulent professional status to occupy institutional roles, including serving as president of the Jury of Impeachment of Magistrates (JEM). While the prosecution requested a 12-year sentence, the court settled on eight years, though one judge dissented, requesting 14 years due to the political and legal gravity of the offense.

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Baja California · Carlos Núñez Salinas · Chamber of Deputies · Council of the Magistracy · Ernesto Ruffo Appel · Fiscalía General de la República · Hernán Rivas · Juan Carlos Zárate Pastor · Jurado de Enjuiciamiento de Magistrados · Lizarella Valiente · María Fernanda García de Zúñiga · Ministério Público

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