FGR obtains arrest warrant against former governor for huachicol

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) revealed that in 2025, 157,457 people were admitted to penitentiary and specialized centers. The figure represents an increase of 19.2% compared to 2024, when 132,118 admissions were registered.

What does the prison census say?

Of the total, 155,579 are adults and 1,878 are adolescents. At the federal level, 2,693 people entered; in state and specialized centers, 154,764. Baja California tops the list with 21,062 admissions, followed by the State of Mexico with 18,589.

The population deprived of liberty is made up of 90.8% men and 9.2% women. Edomex and Hidalgo concentrate the highest percentages of incarcerated women: 11.9% and 11.8%, respectively. In contrast, the federal centers and Coahuila report the highest proportion of men: 98.6% and 94.2%.

A relevant fact: 76.2% of the people detained had no criminal record. Only 21.3% had any prior registration. Among women, only 12.7% had a history; in men, 22.1%.

At the end of 2025, Inegi counted 231,436 people in prison. However, only 33,714 had a sentence, equivalent to 42.2% of the total prison population.

Adjustment in the FGR

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) removed Óscar Langlet González from his position, who was working as a special prosecutor investigating crimes committed by public servants and against the administration of justice. Ministerial sources confirmed the decision.

This is the second relevant adjustment during the administration of prosecutor Ernestina Godoy Ramos. Previously, Ulises Lara López had left the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Investigation of Relevant Matters for “personal reasons.”

Langlet González was considered one of the closest collaborators of the previous head of the FGR, Alejandro Gertz Manero, now Mexico’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. Its departure marks a new stage in the internal structures of the organism.

So far, the FGR has not issued an official statement on the specific reasons for the dismissal or who will assume the position on an interim basis. More details about this restructuring are expected to be released in the coming days.

The Inegi revealed that 42.2% of people in prison in Mexico have no sentence. Of the 231,436 inmates registered at the end of 2025, only 133,714 had a conviction.

Women are the most affected: 52.6% of them are without a sentence, compared to 41.5% of men. Of the total of 97,722 unsentenced inmates, 97,090 are adults. Of that group, 50.1% are in informal preventive detention, 34.3% in justified preventive detention and 1.8% in another case. 13.8% do not have an identified legal status.

The State of Mexico and Michoacán stand out: both report that 100% of their unsentenced population is in informal preventive detention.

In federal penitentiary centers, 5,702 crimes linked to unsentenced people were recorded. 5.5% corresponded to women and 94.5% to men. The most common crime among them was kidnapping (51.9%); among them, crimes with weapons (23.6%).

In state centers, 120 thousand 32 crimes were reported. 7.8% were committed by women—mainly drug dealing—and 92.2% by men, with robbery being the most frequent.