Court Declines to Notify Interpol in Agostina Jalabert Femicide Case

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — A federal court in Quintana Roo has refused to notify Interpol about a legal stay granted to the man accused of killing Argentine national Agostina Jalabert, saying the measure will not prevent his arrest once he is in Mexico.

The Second District Court of Quintana Roo rejected the request from defense attorneys for Juan Manuel Reverter, who sought to have the international police agency informed about the stay issued after Reverter was detained by U.S. immigration authorities in July. The judge determined that Interpol does not have the status of a responsible authority in Reverter’s amparo case, so the request could not be granted.

“The petitioner asks that Interpol be informed of the stay granted in this matter with respect to the challenged arrest warrant,” the court said. “The petitioner is advised that the request cannot be granted because the aforementioned organization does not have the status of a responsible authority.”

Reverter is charged with femicide in the death of Jalabert, whose body was found on Feb. 18, 2023, in an apartment in the Los Olivos residential area of Playa del Carmen. The case was initially investigated as a suicide but was later reclassified as femicide.

Case timeline

• Feb. 18, 2023: Jalabert’s body was found in an apartment in Playa del Carmen.
• Nov. 12, 2025: A control judge in Playa del Carmen issued an arrest warrant for Reverter.
• July 2026: Reverter was arrested in the United States after Interpol issued a red notice.

The court stressed that the definitive stay Reverter obtained does not allow him to avoid pretrial detention if he is extradited or returns to Mexico. “For the crime of femicide, which requires mandatory pretrial detention under Article 19 of the Constitution, the order was issued only so that once the defendant is detained he remains at the disposal of this district court,” the ruling says. “The precautionary measure was not granted so that the defendant would not be deprived of liberty.”