Suicide out of shame or…?

The alleged suicide of Navy Captain Abraham Jeremías Pérez Ramírez , who was implicated in receiving bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye to huachicol fiscal operations, is very murky.

The sailor, head of the Port Protection Unit in Altamira, Tamaulipas, reportedly received 100,000 pesos in April 2024 for turning his back on ships laden with fuel theft.

His death exposed the rot surrounding huachicol, multi-million dollar deals, and cheap bribes.

The scandal shatters the myth that fuel theft no longer exists, something López Obrador boasted about so many times, and tarnishes the image of nobility and honesty that the Navy had, to the point that the United States trusted it much more than the National Army.

Pérez Ramírez was one of six sailors, one of whom was retired, who formed a group of 14 people who received bribes from an intermediary who identified himself as "NK." The group was also completed by three businessmen and five other Customs officials.

They are involved in the bribery scandal involving 1.75 million pesos for each fuel theft vessel they allowed to pass.

Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Frías Laguna and his brother Fernando , Rear Admiral, nephews of the former head of the Navy, Rafael Ojeda , distributed them to their subordinates.

Suicide out of shame? Fake execution? We don't know. Both Omar García Harfuch , head of Security and Citizen Protection, and Alejandro Gertz Manero , attorney general, defended the former Secretary of the Navy against the proven misdeeds of his nephews.

According to prosecutor Gertz , Admiral Ojeda was the one who blew the whistle in 2023. And why was nothing done? It's a question that will never be officially answered.

President Sheinbaum promised that there will be no impunity, no matter who is involved. For now, the Attorney General's Office (FGR) has announced that it has around 200 arrest warrants against customs agents, administrators, and operational personnel.

* We asked Green Party Senator Luis Armando Melgar to confirm the veracity of his statements that "there are rats" in Morena ( Reforma , September 8, 2025). "Just following the trail of several," he responded.

He didn't name those "several," but according to the Reforma article, they are the former governor of Chiapas, Rutilio Escandón, currently consul in Miami; his former health secretary, José Cruz ; and the Tabasco Group, headed by Adán Augusto López Hernández .

We also asked him if, after breaking the alliance with Morena in Tamaulipas, and considering what's shaping up in San Luis Potosí, where PVEM governor Ricardo Gallardo wants to leave his wife, Senator Ruth González , the ruling party's alliance is at risk. "No. It's just that we treat each other with respect and freedom, so we can compete electorally wherever it suits us," he replied.

Regarding alliances in 2027, the President said it is up to Morena to define them: "The important thing here is that the three parties that nominated them in 2024 have been voting together in Congress, and that is very good," she emphasized.

* "We went from being the national news story to being the driving force of peace in Mexico," boasted the governor of Zacatecas, David Monreal , when delivering his 4th State of the Nation address.

Figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Security System and INEGI confirm the governor's statement.

The state, once considered one of the most violent in the country, reduced homicides by 18% in 2022, 26% in 2023, 53% in 2024, and 75% in 2025, through August.

Another fact Monreal boasted about is that during his four years in the Zacatecas government, he has not incurred any new debt and has paid off more than 8.35 billion pesos in liabilities.

Present at the report were his brothers Ricardo and David Monreal , in the front row. It's a matter of putting an end to the rumors that there's a beef between them.

* At the time of writing this column, the economic package for 2026 had not arrived. It was scheduled for 5 p.m. in San Lázaro, then at 6 p.m., and finally at 10:30 p.m. Something that had never happened before.

What happened? Are the struggles continuing? Were the numbers wrong?

What we did have in time is a document from the PAN's economic vice-coordination, headed by Representative Héctor Saúl Téllez, on what to expect from this package. We're saving it for tomorrow.