El Paso Woman, 39, Booked in Doña Ana County for Failure to Pay Fines

Allegedly... Vanessa Cota, a 39-year-old resident of El Paso, Texas, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on Sept. 7, 2026. Records indicate she was taken into custody near the intersection of McNutt Road and Posey Road in Sunland Park, New Mexico. She was processed under booking number 2600007124 on a misdemeanor charge of failure to pay fines. The charge of failure to pay fines generally involves a court-issued warrant following a defendant's non-compliance with a previously ordered financial penalty. The arrest location in Sunland Park falls under the jurisdiction of local and county law enforcement operating near the New Mexico-Texas border. Bond information was not immediately available in the initial booking record. The charges are allegations, and Cota is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.