A cry from El Altiplano
From a cell in the maximum security prison, Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías sends a desperate letter. It is not just any accused. He is a man accused of organized crime in the field of hydrocarbons, and now he addresses his voice directly to President Claudia Sheinbaum. Their request is clear: that justice be done and that no one be blamed.
“Since keeping me in a cell in the middle of a flawed and, at times, even perverse process, would seem more like a spirit of revenge than justice.”
The words of the vice admiral, nephew of former Secretary of the Navy José Rafael Ojeda Durán, hit hard. He describes an investigation – folder 5608/2025 – that according to him is built on false foundations. He even mentions a YouTube video that he claims does not exist. How do you get to this?
A process “with a corrupting effect”
Farias doesn’t just talk about mistakes. He speaks of a machinery that treats him as guilty from the beginning. He accuses the Prosecutor’s Office and the Secretary of the Navy (Semar) of blocking the way for an adequate defense.
“And most importantly, an impact on my family that will remain a lifelong mark on my wife and my youngest daughters.”
The human cost is his most powerful argument. But there are also specific actions that he denounces: his “illegal” discharge from the Navy on December 18, 2025, and the refusal to give him access to key elements of the investigation since November.
Without that data, he says, it is impossible to prove his innocence. He firmly maintains that he had no participation in the crimes of which he is accused.
This letter puts an explosive case on Sheinbaum’s table. It is not just the request of a detainee; is the claim of a former naval high command who sees his career destroyed and his family scarred. Now, the ball is in the presidential court. Will there be a revision or will you follow the script as written?
