Mexico sends U.S. Gómez Mont arrest warrants
Original reporting: Tribuna Sonora
What happened
The FGR says three warrants remain outstanding against Inés Gómez Mont as U.S. authorities review her immigration status; her defense has challenged the Florida detention.
Reporting and context
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has delivered three outstanding arrest warrants against television presenter Inés Gómez Mont to U.S. authorities, according to Tribuna Sonora. The report says U.S. immigration agents detained her in Florida on October 30.
The FGR said her current detention concerns her immigration status, which U.S. authorities must resolve. If she is deported to Mexico, prosecutors intend to execute the warrants on her arrival. One warrant concerns alleged organized crime and transactions involving illicit proceeds; the other two concern alleged offenses treated as tax fraud under Mexican law.
Tribuna Sonora reported that prosecutors allege Gómez Mont received illicit funds in personal bank accounts through a scheme involving money diverted from the federal prison administration, Oadprs. The FGR put the value of the contracts under investigation at approximately 2.45 billion pesos, involving funds intended for prison-system security. It alleged that companies simulated transactions to conceal the money’s destination.
Separate tax investigations concern her 2014 and 2016 returns. Prosecutors allege she understated income and failed to pay more than 13 million pesos in taxes. These allegations underpin the two tax-related warrants.
The report says Mexico requested her provisional arrest for extradition in September 2025 and prepared a formal request in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department. It cites EFE as reporting that she remains at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach. Her defense filed a habeas corpus petition on October 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to challenge her immigration detention and seek release. The report does not establish that deportation or extradition has been ordered.
Original report — Tribuna Sonora