Mexican ex-TV host Inés Gómez Mont arrested by ICE in Miami
The gist
Mexican ex-TV host Inés Gómez Mont was arrested by ICE in Miami on October 30, 2026.
She is wanted in Mexico for alleged tax fraud.
How it unfolded
- 2021A federal judge issued arrest warrants against Gómez Mont and Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga for possible money laundering, organized crime and embezzlement; the couple left Mexico with their family in September 2021.
- Sep 2021Gómez Mont told her 2.5 million Instagram followers that the accusations were "absolutely false."
- Nov 2021The defense filed an amparo (a Mexican constitutional challenge) against the federal warrant for peculado, lavado de dinero and delincuencia organizada; it was entered in a Mexico City court on January 9, 2022.