Bertha Gomez Fong Detained in US, Faces Corruption Charges

0:00It's March 26th. Welcome in. This is Dallas News Today, where local news meets AI. Bertha Gomez-Fong, the wife of former Chihuahua governor, Sayzar Duarte, was detained last Friday in El Paso, Texas by immigration and customs. Enforcement agents. She had just returned from a trip to Spain when authorities stopped her at the border. Her husband led Chihuahua as governor from 2010 to 2016 and faces charges of embezzlement and criminal association. She's currently held in a maximum security prison in Miami, Florida, awaiting extradition back to Mexico. Chihuahua prosecutors accuse Gomez-Fong of taking part in her husband's corruption network. They say she received bank deposits totaling 26 million pesos or about $1.3 million straight from state funds. Her defense team strongly denies the claims, calling the arrest a clear case of political targeting against the whole family. They vow to fight the charges in court. These in Chihuahua have formally requested her extradition so she can face trial there,

1:04as the case continues to unfold across the border.