Guillermo Padrés Elías (born 29 June 1969 in Arizpe, Mexico but raised in Cananea, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Partido Acción Nacional ("National Action Party", PAN).
He served as Governor of Sonora from 2009 to 2015.
Through October 2016, Guillermo Padrés remained a fugitive wanted by the Procuraduría General de la República (Federal Attorney General) and was being actively searched abroad with the assistance of Interpol on charges of corruption, extortion, and embezzlement.
He remained in prison until 2 February 2019, when he was released to continue the process.