Inés Gómez Mont, Digi Mart USA News (Pompano Beach, Florida): Inés Gómez Mont will remain at an immigration detention center in the United States. Federal judge Jeffrey Kuntz, based in Miami, rejected the legal remedy known as habeas corpus that the former Mexican television presenter had sought in order to be released immediately.
The court determined that habeas corpus was not the correct avenue. The judge explained that this mechanism is used to review whether an arrest is lawful, but it cannot resolve immigration matters or change the rules of the place of detention.
Her only current option is to go before the immigration court. To obtain conditional release, Gómez Mont would have to request a hearing before an immigration judge and arrange payment of a bond while her case is reviewed.
The arrest is based on a lack of legal status in the United States. U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her on October 30, 2026, in Miami for not having legal residence. Since then, she has remained at the Pompano Beach, Florida, immigration detention center.
In Mexico, she faces pending legal proceedings. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) maintains arrest warrants against her for alleged money laundering, tax fraud and organized crime.
However, her current detention in the neighboring country is solely for immigration reasons.
She could still be released temporarily on conditional parole while the immigration case is resolved. If granted, she would have to wear a location monitoring ankle bracelet, report periodically and remain in U.S.
territory while the case proceeds.
If she loses the immigration case, the U.S. government could order her deportation to Mexico, where she would be handed over to the FGR.
