Overview
- Federal agents arrested Gilda Susana Lozoya Austin at Mexico City’s airport after an airline alerted authorities to her arrival from Amsterdam, and she was presented to a federal court for charges tied to the Agronitrogenados investigation.
- Prosecutors told the court they have evidence showing five transfers of about $3.4–3.5 million from Alonso Ancira to Tochos Holding Limited, a company of which the FGR says Lozoya was a beneficiary.
- A federal judge denied preventive imprisonment and ordered provisional release with conditions that include surrendering her passport, wearing an electronic monitoring device, staying in the Mexico City area, and reporting every 15 days.
- Lozoya’s defense protested the arrest tactics and the publication of photographs taken in Interpol offices, and Lozoya has publicly called the action a political and gendered pressure on her family.
- The court will hold a linkage‑to‑process hearing on Tuesday, July 7, which will decide whether prosecutors formally tie Lozoya to trial and could shape the next phase of the long‑running Agronitrogenados probe that has already involved Ancira repayments and ongoing cases against Emilio Lozoya.