Overview
- Álvarez Puga was arrested by ICE after leaving his Pinecrest residence and remains held at the Krome North processing center in Miami for immigration violations.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the goal is to send him to Mexico, where he and Gómez Mont have been sought since 2021 on money laundering, organized crime and tax fraud cases.
- Media accounts report that Gómez Mont was located during the operation but was not detained due to the presence of her U.S. citizen children and is now considered a fugitive.
- W Radio reports that Gómez Mont fled to Dubai after an unsuccessful attempt by the couple to enter Israel, a country without an extradition treaty with Mexico.
- Reports also describe an unconfirmed theory that monitoring of the couple’s communications and social circles may have helped authorities pinpoint their location.