Sofia Conesa was Rafael Caro Quintero's love interest.
Her father César Conesa was the Secretary of Education in the early 1980s, and a member of the PRI political party. She studied at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara before she began living with Caro Quintero. They pair were so much in love that they staged a fake kidnapping; prompting Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo to resolve matters as her father threatened to expose the Guadalajara cartel.
After the blow back from the Kidnapping of Enrique Camarena and Alfredo Zavala, she and Rafael flee to Costa Rica, along with Rafa's bodyguard. Unknown to her, Rafa has exposed himself to the Costa Rican government by immediately going to the Porsche dealership and paying cash. Commandante Guillermo Calderoni, along with Mexican soldiers, raid Rafa's home with the full support of the Costa Rican authorities. After Rafa's bodyguard is killed in the firefight, Rafa and Sofia are captured by soldiers. Calderoni warns Sofia that Quintero is headed for a long prison term, and so is she, unless she agrees to testify against him. Sofia ultimately does so to save her future.