{"id":505641,"date":"2026-04-23T22:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/with-a-fake-guatemalan-passport-this-is-how-the-operation-in-argentina-went-down-where-rear-admiral-fernando-farias-laguna-fell\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:16:05","slug":"with-a-fake-guatemalan-passport-this-is-how-the-operation-in-argentina-went-down-where-rear-admiral-fernando-farias-laguna-fell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/with-a-fake-guatemalan-passport-this-is-how-the-operation-in-argentina-went-down-where-rear-admiral-fernando-farias-laguna-fell\/","title":{"rendered":"With a fake Guatemalan passport, this is how the operation in Argentina went down where Rear Admiral Fernando Far\u00edas Laguna fell."},"content":{"rendered":"After months of information exchange between institutions from at least three countries, the rear admiral of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), <strong>Fernando Far\u00edas Laguna<\/strong>, was <strong>detained<\/strong> in Argentina.\n\nThe arrest was made on April 23, months after the man <strong>did not attend<\/strong> an <strong>arraignment<\/strong> in Mexico. As he had an Interpol red notice, he was wanted in 192 countries.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"de-mexico-a-florida-y-luego-a-argentina\"><strong>From Mexico to Florida and then to Argentina<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before being located in the South American country, in <strong>August 2024<\/strong>, a <strong>trip to Florida<\/strong>, United States, was made and there were no records of him returning to national territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/mexico\/2026\/04\/23\/viudo-a-cargo-de-bebe-de-8-meses-y-una-suegra-profuga-ellos-son-los-familiares-de-carolina-flores-asesinada-en-polanco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>However, Fernando Far\u00edas was arrested in Argentina on April 23, the seizure was\u00a0<strong>confirmed\u00a0<\/strong>by\u00a0<strong>Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch<\/strong>, head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). That is why the capture was the result of the coordination of security forces from Mexico, Argentina and the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/el-caso-de-emily-gomez\/\">The case of Emily G\u00f3mez shocks Guatemala after being murdered while going out to celebrate her birthday<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Argentina's Minister of National Security, Alejandra Monteoliva, reports on the Semar element detained in Buenos Aires<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\"It was required by Mexican authorities after being identified as the <strong>leader<\/strong> of an <strong>organization<\/strong> dedicated to the <strong>smuggling of hydrocarbons<\/strong>. He was arrested for extradition purposes and was in possession of false documentation,\" the official highlighted.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/mexico\/2026\/04\/23\/asi-fue-como-se-rompio-la-relacion-entre-carolina-flores-y-su-suegra-hasta-terminar-en-el-feminicidio-de-la-exreina-de-belleza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>The information shared by the authorities indicates that she was carrying false documents; intelligence reports detail that it was a\u00a0<strong>forged passport\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0<strong>Guatemala<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nThe material shared by the authorities shows the man being guarded by elements of the Argentine Federal Police (<strong>PFA<\/strong>) and <strong>Interpol Argentina<\/strong>.\n\nJournalistic reports indicate that the man's arrest was carried out between Guatemala and Juan B. Justo streets, in the Palermo neighborhood.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tambien-estuvo-en-colombia\"><strong>He was also in Colombia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe Minister of National Security of Argentina, <strong>Alejandra Monteoliva<\/strong>, highlighted in a video that the captured subject was a <strong>key piece<\/strong> in a <strong>criminal structure<\/strong> dedicated to trafficking fuel from US territory to Mexico by passing the substance off as oils and additives. The law firm pointed out the current situation through a statement. Credit: Special\n\n\"He was coming from Colombia with a fake Guatemalan passport. His name is Fernando Far\u00edas Laguna, vice admiral of the Mexican Navy, wanted by the CIA and with an Interpol red notice,\" he expressed.\n\nHe added that Fernando Fr\u00edas is accused of organized crime, corruption, fuel theft, and attempted homicide of Mexican officials.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"no-hay-notificacion-oficial-alegan-abogados\"><strong>There is no official notification, lawyers allege<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nFollowing the announcement of the arrest, the Epigmenio Mendieta law firm asserts that, although federal authorities reported the arrest, <strong>there has been no formal notification<\/strong> to family members regarding the subject's arrest.\n\n\"Neither the defense nor the family has been officially notified by any authority, nor has there been any communication with our client.\"\n\nFor its part, the Navy highlighted the capture through its social networks and stated: \"In the Navy, the law is for everyone.\"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of information exchange between institutions from at least three countries, the rear admiral of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), Fernando Far\u00edas Laguna, was detained in Argentina. The arrest was made on April 23, months after the man did not attend an arraignment in Mexico. As he had an Interpol red notice, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}