Inés Gómez Mont detention in Miami and alleged escape route, Digi Mart USA News (Miami, Florida): The detention of Inés Gómez Mont in the United States has renewed attention on the judicial process she faces in Mexico together with her husband, Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga.
After five years as a fugitive, the television host was captured by ICE in Miami, Florida, one week ago while facing three arrest warrants in Mexico for crimes related to tax fraud and links to organized crime.
Many have questioned how Inés Gómez Mont and her husband were able to remain in the United States for so long despite the seriousness of the charges against them. The reported explanation comes from U.S.
District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz, who rejected a habeas corpus petition filed by the host’s defense.
One of the most attention-drawing aspects of the case is how the couple allegedly re-entered the United States in July 2021. According to the newspaper Reforma, the couple reportedly used an air departure to the Bahamas days before their visas expired and then returned by sea.
According to the case file, the sea re-entry reportedly occurred without the corresponding review by U.S. immigration and customs authorities.
Recall that in September 2025, Álvarez Puga was detained for the same situation at one of their mansions in Miami. At that time, Gómez Mont and their children witnessed his arrest, and various reports indicated she should also have been captured but was not.
The reason, according to reports, is that because she has minor children, authorities decided to release her.
After her arrest on October 30, her legal team filed a habeas corpus petition with a federal court in Florida seeking her release, 24 hours later, on Saturday, October 31. According to the resolution described in the original document, Judge Kuntz rejected the request, finding that this remedy was not the proper avenue to challenge her immigration detention.
The defense reportedly argued that one of Gómez Mont’s daughters is under medical treatment, and that transferring her mother would harm the minor. The diagnosis of the child has not been disclosed, and although rumors circulated about a possible health crisis, this has not been confirmed.
Despite the rejection, Gómez Mont may still request a hearing to seek bond from U.S. immigration authorities.
After her capture, Gómez Mont was held at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida. The facility is described as a temporary holding center for low-risk detainees, meaning people involved in civil administrative deportation or asylum proceedings with no violent criminal records in the United States.
It offers 24-hour medical services, legal and general libraries, in-person and virtual visitation rooms, recreational areas, and dining with specialized diets.
Gómez Mont has seven children in total. Four are from her first marriage to businessman Javier Díaz Bravo, and according to media reports, they are now in Mexico under the care of their paternal family.
She also has two children with Álvarez Puga, who reportedly remain in the United States in their father’s care.
In Mexico, the couple faces investigations related to alleged irregular financial operations. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) says it has obtained information linking the case to a scheme that allegedly used shell companies to divert approximately 2,950 million pesos, linked to federal prison system contracts during the Enrique Peña Nieto administration.
Gómez Mont is also accused of tax evasion of more than 13 million pesos between 2014 and 2016.
Álvarez Puga, a lawyer and businessman, also faces a parallel immigration proceeding in the United States. He was arrested by ICE agents on September 24, 2025, in Miami and held at the Krome Processing Center in Miami-Dade.
A federal judge later granted him bond, and he left detention and is pursuing his deportation case in freedom, with a hearing scheduled for November 2026.
The FGR says it is awaiting resolution of both cases and expects the extradition of Gómez Mont and Álvarez Puga to Mexico so they can answer to authorities for the charges against them.
