FBI and DEA met with Farías before transfer

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Noticias PV reports that FBI and DEA agents met with former Mexican Navy rear admiral Fernando Farías Laguna at the maximum-security Ezeiza prison in Buenos Aires before his transfer to Mexico. Félix Helou, Farías Laguna's defense attorney in Argentina, confirmed the meeting but said he did not know what was discussed. The report places the interview within preparations for Farías Laguna's handover to Mexican authorities, while the defense raised concerns about the procedure.

Helou said a formal extradition hearing had been scheduled before Argentina's judiciary for August 27. He also argued that Farías Laguna still had a pending reconsideration request involving political asylum in Argentina and warned that a transfer without a judge's ruling would bypass established legal procedures. The report does not provide the FBI or DEA's account of the meeting or identify any charges brought by U.S. authorities.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed at a morning news conference that Farías Laguna would be sent to Mexico, referring questions about the process to the Foreign Relations Secretariat and the Federal Prosecutor's Office. Farías Laguna had remained in Ezeiza prison since his arrest in April 2026. The FGR identifies him as an alleged organizer, alongside his brother Manuel Roberto Farías, of a network involving fuel smuggling and customs-related tax fraud in Mexico; those allegations remain part of the legal case described by the source.