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Former Mexican Navy officer seeks to end criminal case through new appeal
Former Mexican Navy officer Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna has filed a new appeal seeking to end the criminal case against him.
He argues that a judge failed to schedule a hearing on his request to dismiss the case, filed on October 22, 2026.
A federal judge has admitted the appeal for review and ordered the control judge to provide case records and authorities to submit reports within 15 days.
A constitutional hearing is set for December 14, when the court will consider the appeal.
The appeal challenges a procedural omission, not the accusations themselves, and the judge has not ordered Farías Laguna’s release.
He remains in preventive detention at the Altiplano prison in Mexico state, where he has been held since September 2025.
Prosecutors accuse him of leading Los Primos, a network alleged to have smuggled fuel through maritime customs, and he is charged with organized crime related to fuel offenses.
His criminal case continues while the court considers the appeal.
Former Mexican Navy vice admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna has filed a new appeal seeking to end the criminal case against him.
The appeal challenges a judge’s alleged failure to schedule a hearing on his request to dismiss the case.
A federal district court admitted the appeal for review but did not grant a suspension.
Farías Laguna remains in pretrial detention while the criminal case continues.
A constitutional hearing on the appeal is scheduled for December 14.
- Who
- Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, a former Mexican Navy vice admiral.
- What
- He filed an amparo appeal seeking dismissal of his criminal case, alleging a judge failed to schedule a hearing on his request.
- When
- The dismissal request was submitted on October 22, 2026. The appeal was admitted before the article was published on November 13, 2026.
- Where
- The request was made at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.
- Why
- His defense says a judge should have scheduled a hearing within 24 hours of the dismissal request under Article 327 of Mexico’s National Code of Criminal Procedure.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Farías Laguna was arrested.
His defense submitted a request to dismiss the criminal case.
Infobae reported that a district court had admitted his new amparo appeal.
A constitutional hearing on the appeal is scheduled for 12:00.
- Defendant
- Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna
- Appeal
- Amparo seeking dismissal of criminal case 325/2025
- Court
- Third District Court for Criminal Matters of the Second Circuit
- Detention
- Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, known as El Altiplano
- Scheduled hearing
- 12:00 on December 14, 2026
- Alleged network
- Los Primos” is accused of fuel smuggling through maritime customs in ports including Tampico, Altamira, Guaymas and Ensenada