Overview
- State prosecutors say the mayor and two associates were detained after a probe found a pattern of coercion that began in early 2026 and targeted a local merchant.
- Investigators allege a municipal economic official demanded payment for a form that is supposed to be free and warned the merchant her goods would be removed if she did not comply.
- The probe describes men arriving in mototaxis who threatened the merchant and later forced her to start paying a weekly extortion fee under threats of being removed from the site.
- All three suspects were placed before a control judge and will face an initial hearing that will determine whether they are linked to process, face preventive measures, or trigger administrative actions against the alcaldía.
- Prosecutors framed the arrests within a wider campaign against merchant extortion in Quintana Roo, citing recent operations and past detentions as evidence of a persistent problem that local businesses face.