Overview
- The Registro Nacional de Detenciones shows Alejandro Mario Álvarez Puga was arrested in Benito Juárez, Cancún, at about 21:26 on Thursday night and was transferred to the Reclusorio Sur in Mexico City for presentation to a federal judge.
- Multiple outlets report the Policía Federal Ministerial carried out the operation in the Boulevard Kukulcán hotel zone, but federal authorities have not yet published a formal statement specifying the charges against him.
- The arrest is tied in media reporting to a Fiscalía General de la República investigation begun in 2021 that alleges a network of phantom companies routed roughly 2,950–3,000 million pesos through public contracts, notably with the Secretaría de Gobernación.
- The case highlights family links: his brother Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga was detained in Florida in October 2025 and remains subject to unresolved extradition processes, and Inés Gómez Mont continues to be sought with an Interpol red notice.
- Next steps include a federal judge deciding Alejandro’s legal situation and an expected official bulletin from the FGR; the development could increase scrutiny on cross‑border cooperation and on ongoing probes into the alleged diversion of public funds.