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[^1]\n\nFarías Laguna faces accusations of being a leader in a fuel smuggling network known as huachicol fiscal, which operated at customs. [^2]\n\nFernando Farías Laguna, a former Mexican Navy admiral, is detained at the Altiplano maximum-security prison after returning to Mexico on August 21. [^3]\n\nShe said SEMAR filed the complaints that combined with prior inquires by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) under Alejandro Gertz Manero, leading to the arrest of two people who had been associated with the Secretariat of the Navy. [^4]\n\nSheinbaum claimed that an alternate circuit involves ferro-tanks entering from the U.S. via land border customs, particularly Piedras Negras and other customs, and that the firm Ingemar imported fuels illegally, which resulted in the detention of former Baja California Governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel. [^5]\n\nSheinbaum recalled that during the previous year (2025), Mexico's Secretariat of Navy (SEMAR) seized a vessel in Tampico that had declared ceramic chemical products; inspection found it was actually attempting to import diesel illegally to avoid paying taxes, declared by SEMAR. [^6]\n\nFernando Farías Laguna claimed that the case against him is biased. 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