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Aug 23, 2016 · Mexican federal forces killed at least 42 suspected cartel members — with only one police officer dead — during a three-hour gunfight in the ranch, marking one of the Mexican drug war's bloodiest battles.
- John Kuroski
The assassins are young Mexican women who ooze beauty and charm — known as “Las Flacas” (Skinny Girls) — and are now common place in major criminal cartels and their drug trafficking operations.
Jun 1, 2021 · Yet it sheds light on the secretive world of drug cartels, and the women who inhabit them. A date for a trial has not been set. If found guilty, she could be sent to prison for life.
Oct 26, 2021 · Her text messages with trafficking associates were peppered with photos of her with her young grandchildren and friends, posing and smiling, doing the peace sign.
Nov 14, 2023 · Standing alone at the front of a Chicago courtroom, Guadalupe Fernández Valencia wore orange prison coveralls. Her long light brown hair, streaked with gray, was pulled back into a tight ponytail...
Jan 17, 2024 · The new Netflix series Griselda casts light on a lesser-known figure in drug trafficking, and is part of a growing awareness of the women who run drug cartels in Latin America.
Jun 28, 2016 · An unprecedented Amnesty International investigation of 100 women arrested in Mexico reveals that they are routinely sexually abused by the security forces who want to secure confessions and boost figures in an attempt to show that they are tackling rampant organized crime.
