Cancún Police Arrest ‘La Comandanta,’ Notorious Paperwork Fixer, for Violating Restraining Order

Cancún, Quintana Roo — Municipal police have arrested Sonia N, a former traffic officer widely known as “La Comandanta,” on suspicion of violating a court order that barred her from approaching a female doctor she had allegedly threatened.

The arrest took place Thursday outside the photocopy shop she operates on Avenida Xcaret, directly across from the offices of the State Prosecutor’s Office and the municipal Public Security Department — the same institutions where she built her reputation over more than a decade.

Investigators say she breached the judicial restriction three times.

A known fixer at the prosecutor’s door

Sonia N worked as a traffic officer before setting up the copy shop, from which, according to the Noticaribe report, she handled driver’s license applications and other official paperwork for clients, a practice known in Mexico as acting as a coyote.

Her business sat steps from two of the state’s key law enforcement and permitting offices, a location that made her a familiar figure among people seeking to speed up procedures.

Arrest follows shooting at her home

The detention came three days after unidentified individuals opened fire on her house in Región 241, a residential area of Cancún, and left a piece of cardboard scrawled with threatening messages at the scene.

No arrests have been reported in connection with that attack.