Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo — A lawyer has filed complaints with multiple authorities seeking the removal of a local prosecutor accused of corruption, extortion, and violating due process rights.
José Luis González Navarro, a member of the organization Abogados y Asociados en Red, presented the complaints before the Internal Affairs Office, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, and the Human Rights Department. The target is Ana Gabriela Montes de Oca, a prosecutor assigned to the Continental Zone of Isla Mujeres.
González Navarro represents Rodrigo Alcocer León, who he says was arrested and held for 48 hours on charges of unlawful deprivation of liberty — a charge the lawyer argues never applied, as the individuals involved were married.
“She held him detained for a crime that never existed. He was held prisoner, kept in cells for 48 hours,” the lawyer said in an interview Friday.
González Navarro also alleged that during the arrest, investigative police entered the home without a search warrant, violating his client’s human rights.
After the arrest, he said, the prosecutor demanded a payment of 40,000 pesos (about $2,200) to secure his client’s release.
The lawyer said he was compelled to file the complaints so that authorities investigate the prosecutor’s actions and remove her from office.
González Navarro called on the State Prosecutor’s Office to ensure proper conduct by public servants in the Isla Mujeres Continental Zone Prosecutor’s Office, saying better oversight would lead to a fairer justice system.
“We want the prosecutor — a correct, kind person who came to make many changes — to know that there are still harmful, corrupt elements who abuse their authority and extort citizens,” he said. “We cannot have this type of public servant in the Prosecutor’s Office, because they are supposed to protect our human rights.”
