Baja California governor confirms criminal probe into ex-husband

The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) is investigating the erstwhile archetypal man of the authorities of Baja California for crimes related to arms trafficking, cause trafficking and wealth laundering.

Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila connected Wednesday confirmed that Carlos Torres is the taxable of a probe that stemmed from an anonymous ailment implicating her ex-husband successful a crippled to let a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel to run successful the bluish borderline state.

Carlos Torres is nether probe for crimes allegedly committed portion helium was joined to Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila. (Carlos Torres/Facebook)

After referring reporters to a connection issued by Torres (in which helium called the accusations “slanderous”), Ávila said she is assured that the FGR “will behaviour a thorough probe and the facts volition beryllium clarified.”

Last May, the U.S. authorities revoked the governor’s and her then-husband’s tourer visas. At the time, Avila said the determination by the U.S. authorities was “neither an accusation nor an investigation.” The quality was significant, however, arsenic it represented the archetypal clip successful caller past that a sitting Mexican authoritative was denied introduction to the U.S. In pursuing months, dozens of Mexican politicians had their U.S. visas revoked by the Trump administration.

According to N+, the quality part of the Grupo Televisa-Univision media conglomerate, the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office received a ailment connected June 11, 2025, that Torres received US $150,000 a period from Pedro Ariel Mendivil García, erstwhile security  curate for the Mexicali City Council, to let the Los Rusos Cartel to run successful the bluish state. 

By then, Torres had stepped down from his honorary posts and successful October the politician and helium began divorcement proceedings.

N+ identified Luis Alfonso Torres, Carlos’ brother, arsenic the alleged person of the transgression web nether investigation, reporting that Luis “directed the administrative operations of illicit funds done companies and enactment for governmental campaigns successful Mexico.”

The web allegedly carried retired extortion by seizing merchandise oregon shipments and demanding millions of dollars for their merchandise astatine authorities customs offices. The payments were past allegedly sent to a section notary. The web is besides accused of trafficking successful weapons, wealth and drugs.

Among the names mentioned successful the record arsenic subjects of probe are high-ranking authorities officials from the Tax Administration Service (SAT) and Customs, arsenic good arsenic mayors and municipal leaders. Also appearing is Sen. Armando Ayala Robles, the erstwhile politician of Ensenada, Baja California.

Carlos Torres was a subordinate of the National Action Party (PAN) for 20 years during which clip helium was a authorities congressman (2016-2019), competed to beryllium politician of Tijuana successful 2010 and served arsenic a national lawman (2006-2009). 

In February 2025, Torres resigned from the PAN and joined Morena, the ascendant enactment successful Mexico. Ávila and Sen. Ayala are besides members of Morena.

With reports from El País, N+, Proceso and Infobae