Isla Mujeres, Q.R. — A woman on the state’s Most Wanted list has been returned to Quintana Roo after being captured in Merida. Eloísa Isabel “N” was flown to Cancun from the Yucatan city late Wednesday night following her arrest by state police.
Authorities say she was captured in coordination with the Navy, the Quintana Roo Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) and Yucatán authorities. Eloísa Isabel “N” was on Quintana Roo’s Most Wanted list for extorting Isla Mujeres businesses. According to the FGE, Eloísa Isabel “N” was the recipient of the extortion cash collected by criminal gang members from Costa Mujeres businesses.
The State Attorney General (FGE) said “Eloísa Isabel “N” was arrested in the city of Merida, Yucatan. She was responsible for collecting extortion payments from the criminal gang led by Uriel Alonso “N” and Hugo Zuriel “N,” alias “Los Gemelos.”
With elements of the Navy, State Police and authorities of Yucatan achieved the capture of Eloísa Isabel “N”, a priority target of the State Crime Atlas, for her probable participation in acts possibly constituting the crime of aggravated extortion in Costa Mujeres, in the Continental Zone of Isla Mujeres.
Field and office investigations link Eloísa Isabel “N” as a member of a criminal gang led by Uriel Alonso “N” and Hugo Zuriel “N”, alias “Los Gemelos”, currently in detention, as the person in charge of collecting “floor rights” from tourism service providers in the Costa Mujeres area.
Since January 2024, the suspect, along with two men, threatened one of the victims to force her to pay $500 USD a week for “floor rights,” which she began paying at the end of March of that same year. However, five months later, in August, they told her the amount would increase to $1,250 USD a week with the warning that if she didn’t pay it, she would be killed.
Following a complaint, personnel from the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Kidnapping and Extortion Crimes requested and obtained an arrest warrant from a judge, which was executed by investigative police in the Yucatecan capital.
Upon arrival in Cancun, Eloísa Isabel “N” was transferred to the State Attorney General’s Office for the corresponding procedures. She is currently being held in the Social Reintegration Center of Cancun.
