Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) carried out a court-authorised search in Jalacingo, Veracruz, seizing six illegal slot machines and detaining one person. The investigation concerns a suspected offence under the Federal Law on Games and Lotteries; the FGR said the detainee is presumed innocent while proceedings continue.
The operation shows federal enforcement against suspected illegal gambling activity in Veracruz.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
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| Not named | Not stated | Mexico's FGR destroys 279 illegal slot machines in Colima | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Mexican prosecutors seek Raúl Rocha Cantú over alleged trafficking network | Not stated |
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The Government of Michoacán reported that authorities had disabled 4,391 illegal slot machines during the current administration. Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said the machines represented estimated illicit flows exceeding MXN 631 million a year, and that enforcement operations involved state and federal security forces. The government said it would continue inspections and seizures.
AIEJA called for a distinction between regulated gambling businesses and clandestine operations, and supported federal action against illegal slot machines. Its statement followed Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch's report that authorities seized more than 3,000 machines in the State of Mexico during Operation Dos de Bastos. President Claudia Sheinbaum said the government was considering extending such operations to other states.
The Michoacán government said it destroyed 721 slot machines seized across the state. Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said 4,383 machines had been seized during his administration and attributed MXN 8.65m in monthly income to criminal groups operating them. The state said 48 people had been detained this year for extortion offences.
Michoacán’s state prosecutor’s office said it seized 83 slot machines in Madero during 11 searches linked to investigations into drug offences and extortion. Investigators estimate the machines generated more than MX$500,000 a month for criminal organisations; no arrests had been reported, and the equipment was placed in prosecutors’ custody.
Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) destroyed 279 slot machines in Colima as part of actions linked to 75 investigation files and two preliminary investigations. The FGR said representatives from its internal oversight body, forensic services and federal ministerial police observed the operation.