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Ernesto Ruffo Appel detained at Mexico's Altiplano prison

A federal judge ordered preventive detention of former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel and seven co‑accused after a lengthy hearing that presented nearly a hundred pieces of evidence. The defendants are charged with organized crime and fuel‑smuggling (huachicol fiscal) that allegedly caused the Treasury a loss of more than 4 billion pesos. Ruffo and four others were transferred to the high‑security Federal Center for Reinsertion Social No. 1 “Altiplano” in the State of Mexico; two accused remain under house arrest for health reasons and one woman is held in a women’s penitentiary in Nezahualcótl Sur. The defense invoked the constitutional “duplication of term” to extend the period for the judge to decide on formal charges. The case has sparked political controversy, with some officials calling Ruffo a political prisoner, protests by PAN members demanding his release, and his daughter decrying “undignified” treatment.

The investigation links the alleged scheme to a network that falsified import declarations for diesel and gasoline, facilitating illegal distribution and generating significant fiscal damage.

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Ni quién les crea [www.elfinanciero.com.mx]
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