A court in Puebla has ordered Mexican banks to freeze up to 223.6 million pesos in accounts, investments and other financial assets belonging to Operadora de Escenarios Deportivos S.A. de C.V., the company Mexican press coverage identifies as the operator behind Liga MX side Club Puebla. The order, issued September 30 in expediente 611/2026, is a precautionary measure. It is not a final judgment.
What happened
Rogelio Pérez Sánchez, judge of Puebla’s First Specialized Civil Court, directed that an official notice be sent to the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV), instructing the regulator to relay the order to banks across the Mexican financial system. The institutions are to secure (“aseguramiento”) the company’s bank accounts, investments, securities and any other financial assets titled to it, “hasta por la cantidad de $223,600,000.00,” which the document describes as the amount claimed by the requesting party. The directive is to be carried out through the authorities’ request system. The CNBV is the transmission channel for the order, not its originator.
The requesting party, identified in the file as “parte actora” and “ejecutante,” is Ricardo Henaine Mezher, acting through his attorney Israel Santos Tlacuilo.
In a related acuerdo dated September 23, the court also ordered preparatory proceedings for the rendering of reports, a precautionary embargo of property and rights, and the securing of documents. To back the measures, Henaine posted a bond (póliza de fianza 4248-02217-0), issued September 9 by Aseguradora Aserta S.A. de C.V. for 22,360,000 pesos, equal to 10 percent of the claimed principal, to answer for any damages the measures might cause.
Context
Precision matters here. The document calls these steps “medios preparatorios a juicio” and “medidas precautorias”: actions taken before and in preparation for a trial, not a ruling on the merits. The underlying lawsuit has not been filed. The file states that the deadline for presenting the demanda will begin to run only after the precautionary measures are executed and the secured information is obtained. Nothing has been decided about who owes what to whom.
The document is also narrower than the headlines it generated. It names only Operadora de Escenarios Deportivos S.A. de C.V. It does not mention Club Puebla, any trademark dispute, or the nature of the underlying claim beyond “el monto reclamado por el ejecutante.” The identification of the company as the club’s operator comes from press coverage, not from the court file.
Still, the optics are rough for Liga MX, and that is where the sporting significance lies. A court ordering the freeze of a first-division club operator’s bank accounts projects disarray and invites uncomfortable questions about how solidly the league’s clubs are run behind the scenes. For a competition already under scrutiny over its governance, from the suspended promotion and relegation system to the Senate bill that would write it into federal law, another courtroom saga attached to one of its clubs is the opposite of the professional image Liga MX wants to project. None of that prejudges the case, which remains at the precautionary stage.
What comes next
Henaine’s side must file its demanda within the term that starts running once the measures are executed. The document also contemplates further steps, including document-preservation requirements and measures related to the soccer team, to be carried out upon a future summons. The file sets no hearing dates and no fixed deadlines.
What to watch: the filing of the demanda, which should reveal the substance of the claim; any public response from the company or the club; and whether Liga MX or the Mexican Football Federation address the matter at all.
