Adán Augusto is asked to clarify his ties to a former official linked to the CJNG.

In a new episode shaking up national politics, senators from the Citizen Movement (MC) and the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) have publicly requested that the president of the Senate's Political Coordination Board, Adán Augusto López Hernández, clarify any possible links with his former Secretary of Security, Hernán Bermúdez Requena.

The latter faces an arrest warrant for alleged ties to La Barredora, a cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) operating in the southeast of the country. Federal authorities identify him as the direct leader of this criminal organization.

During Adán Augusto's administration as governor of Tabasco, Bermúdez Requena served as head of the Ministry of Public Security. Years later, federal investigations have revealed possible ties between him and a criminal organization linked to the CJNG (CJNG), one of the most violent and widespread cartels in the country.

Bermúdez Requena is currently a fugitive from justice and has an Interpol red card, which implies an international search.

For Senator Amalia García of the Citizen Movement, accountability is not optional, especially when it comes to figures who held high-ranking positions in state governments. "As public figures, we must be open to scrutiny," she stated in an interview from the Senate.

For his part, PVEM Senator Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín clarified that while the investigation points directly to Bermúdez Requena, Adán Augusto cannot remain indifferent to the situation. "I'm sure he'll attend if the authorities so request, but the matter isn't his, it's his former collaborator's," he stated, although he acknowledged that transparency is key.

The media and political spotlight has now shifted to Adán Augusto López, who was also Secretary of the Interior in Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration and is considered an influential figure within Morena. Pressure is coming not only from opposition parties but also from civil society, which is demanding no impunity or cover-up when it comes to alleged links to organized crime.

Although the Morena senator has not yet issued an official public statement, sources close to the case indicate that he would be willing to cooperate if requested by the Attorney General's Office (FGR).

The Bermúdez Requena case is not an isolated one. National security experts have been warning for years about the infiltration of organized crime into government structures, particularly in strategic states such as Tabasco, Veracruz, Jalisco, and Michoacán.

The CJNG has been identified by multiple international intelligence agencies as one of the most powerful and sophisticated criminal organizations in the Western Hemisphere, with networks that include money laundering, arms trafficking, extortion, and territorial control through systematic violence.

The judicial process against Hernán Bermúdez Requena is currently under collaborative action between Mexican and international authorities. Progress on his whereabouts is expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, the voices in the Senate continue unabated, and Adán Augusto's demand for transparency intensifies.

This case could set an important precedent for the political responsibility of high-ranking officials for the actions of those who worked closely with them.