Inegi reports a 19.2% increase in prison income during 2025

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) executed an arrest warrant against Ernesto N, former governor of Baja California, for his alleged participation in large-scale fuel smuggling. The arrest was carried out in Ensenada by elements of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).

As reported by the FGR on social networks:

“As a result of a highly complex investigation related to large fuel smuggling operations, carried out by a company founded by a former governor of Baja California, requested and obtained an arrest warrant for the possible commission of the crimes of organized crime and smuggling against Ernesto N, which was completed this afternoon in Ensenada, Baja California, by elements of the SSPC.”

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The investigations focused on a company linked to the former president, accused of moving fuel illegally. The FGR described the case as part of a broader strategy against organized crime in the region.

Hydrocarbon smuggling has been a persistent problem in Baja California. The arrest of a high-profile political figure could set a precedent in the fight against these illicit networks. So far, Ernesto N’s defense has not issued public statements.

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.