Luxury Miami Apartment Purchased by Brother of Hernán Bermúdez
Mexico City, 26th February 2025 - An ongoing investigation is shedding light on the purchase of a luxurious apartment in Miami by Humberto Bermúdez Requena, the brother of Hernán Bermúdez Requena, a fugitive with an Interpol Red Notice. Hernán, also known as "Commander H," is wanted for links to organised crime in Tabasco, Mexico.
The probe into Humberto’s Miami property finances is part of the wider efforts to trace illicit funds connected to their alleged criminal activities. Hernán faces charges of extortion, criminal association, and kidnapping. Local voices suggest possible links between the Miami apartment purchase and La Barredora, a network of contractors accused of triangulating public funds into accounts in the United States.
The purchase of the Miami apartment was made through a company registered in Florida. The payment for the apartment, valued at over $1.3 million, was allegedly made in a lump sum, raising questions about the source of these funds. Questions about the origin of the money for the Miami apartment acquisition remain open.
Local legislators are expected to request detailed information from SEDENA and the UIF in the coming days regarding contracts and resources allocated to the state Security Secretariat. Civil society organizations are demanding that the UIF and other federal agencies track possible transfers, contracts, or transactions that could involve state resources.
The public is demanding clarity about the legality of the wealth acquired by figures close to governors and former secretaries. The acquisition of the Miami apartment by Hernán Bermúdez's brother is adding to a long list of properties abroad acquired by figures close to governors and former secretaries.
Mexican authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Hernán Bermúdez, and over 190 countries are now alerted to his case. For now, the real challenge will be to determine whether there are grounds for opening an investigation into the Miami apartment purchase or whether the acquisition will remain part of the opacity that surrounds political networks like Adán Augusto's.
- The purchase of the Miami apartment by Humberto Bermúdez Requena, a suspected associate of fugitive Hernán Bermúdez Requena, has raised questions about the source of its financing in the real-estate market.
- Investigations into the Miami apartment purchase are part of the broader effort to trace illicit funds linked to organized crime and policy-and-legislation violations.
- In the midst of calls for increased transparency, legislators are demanding detailed information about contracts and resources allocated to Mexico's Security Secretariat, in relation to the commercial activities under investigation.
- The ongoing probe into Humberto's Miami property finances is not the first time the public is questioning the legality of wealth acquired by figures close to governors and former secretaries, as numerous properties have been acquired abroad by such individuals.
