Hernán Bermúdez Requena
Hernán Bermúdez Requena | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Tabasco | |
| In office 11 December 2019 – 5 January 2024 | |
| Governor | Adán Augusto López Hernández Carlos Manuel Merino Campos |
| Preceded by | Ángel Mario Balcázar Martínez |
| Succeeded by | José del Carmen Castillo Ramírez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1953 |
| Party | Morena (2023–2025, expelled) |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (Law degree, 1991) |
| Occupation | Politician, former government official |
| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Detained, awaiting trial |
| Criminal charge | Criminal association, kidnapping, extortion (state charges) Organized crime, money laundering (federal charges), drug trafficking |
Hernán Bermúdez Requena (born 30 September 1953) is a Mexican former government official and politician who served as Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Tabasco from 2019 to 2024. He is currently detained and facing criminal charges related to alleged leadership of the criminal organization "La Barredora" (The Sweeper), which authorities link to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Bermúdez was arrested in Paraguay on 12 September 2025 and subsequently expelled from that country to Mexico on 17 September 2025. He is currently imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 (Altiplano) maximum security prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, facing charges that could result in a sentence of up to 158 years in prison.