Armando Romero López is facing legal proceedings for the crimes of organized crime and money laundering. Investigations identify him as a 'billing agent' who transferred large sums of money, including 7,395,000 pesos to television host Inés Gómez Mont from a non-existent company.
Judge Enrique Beltrán Santés, from the Almoloya de Juárez prison, endorsed the evidence presented by the Public Ministry of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) as sufficient for his prosecution and confirmed preventive detention for Romero López, who is held in the Altiplano prison. A four-month period was set for supplementary investigation.
Romero López's arrest occurred a week ago in San Luis Potosí, and he has since remained in custody. In addition to the current charges, he is linked to corruption cases in the federal prison system during the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, where nearly three billion pesos were moved through fictitious companies that allegedly sent money to Inés Gómez Mont's husband, Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga.
As a result of this investigation, 12 arrest warrants were issued against former officials, individuals involved in the issuance of false invoices, as well as against the Gómez Mont-Álvarez Puga couple.
