Valencia, also known as La Patrona, is accused of being in charge of cash for the Sinaloa drugs cartel.
The woman who is allegedly El Chapo’s financial operator was arrested in Mexico and charged with being in charge of cartel operations.
The alleged queen pin also known as ‘La Patrona’ was arrested in Culiacan in Sinaloa state, where El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was captured in January after escaping a maximum security prison.
Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, 55, is wanted in America after being accused of trafficking cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the country as well as money laundering.
She was also added to the kingpin list by the U.S. Treasury Department, meaning any assets she holds in American can be seized.
Ana Marie Hernandez, known as “La Muneca,” or the doll, was arrested in Chihuahua after being a United States fugitive.
LMTonline — A high-level drug trafficking fugitive known for her luxurious lifestyle and extensive ties to senior Mexican cartel leaders was recently captured by Mexican authorities and is expected to be extradited to the United States.
Ana Marie Hernandez, known as “La Muñeca,” or the doll, was arrested in Chihuahua after on the run from American and El Paso authorities for about two years, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office announced this week.
Hernandez, 38, fled Texas after pleading guilty to drug smuggling and bribery charges in 2013 in El Paso. According to a federal criminal complaint, Hernandez and her ex-husband Daniel Ledezma smuggled thousands of kilograms of cocaine through an El Paso border crossing where he worked.
The drugs, which were transported through lanes being inspected by Ledezma, were distributed to several cities throughout the U.S. including Chicago, St. Louis and Panama City, Florida, the complaint said.
Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA, said Hernandez, who operated in Texas and Mexican border cities, used her good looks and wit to smuggle drugs and gain access to senior cartel members in the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels.
“Beautiful women are highly coveted by the cartel leaders, they bring them into the fold and a lot of times have relationships with them,” Vigil said in an interview with mySA.com. “(The cartels) use them because they have the ability to infiltrate the United States and develop ties and distribution tentacles here.”
“La Muñeca” began working with the Juarez Cartel, but became a large-scale trafficker for the Sinaloa Cartel, led by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, after the Juarez Cartel’s demise, said Vigil, who worked in Mexico tracking drug cartel activity for 13 years.
Vigil said he believes Hernandez has some sort of relationship with “El Chapo,” based on her affiliation with the Sinaloa Cartel and the drug lord’s affinity for attractive women.
“One thing we know about Chapo Guzman is his love of beautiful women,” he said.
However, “La Muñeca’s” capture could be an indirect result of Guzmán escape.
Vigil said Mexico has opened the “flood gates” on extraditions to the U.S. as a way to compensate following Guzman’s escape from a maximum security prison earlier this year.
“The Mexican government is using these extraditions to keep pressure of their back until they are able to capture ‘El Chapo’,” he said. “(His escape) was a significant embarrassment.”
Earlier this month, 13 mid-to-high ranking cartel members were extradited to the U.S., including Laredo native Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La Barbie.”
Vigil said several other leaders will be extradited soon, including Omar Treviño Morales, the leader of the Zetas Cartel.
“La Muñeca” is known for her lavish lifestyle, according to the federal complaint.
“Hernandez does not have a job, however, (she) is regularly observed … spending large amounts of money,” the complaint said.
Hernandez spent thousands of dollars on clothing and shoes during a 2008 four-day trip to Las Vegas. She paid $30,000 cash for a pool at her home in El Paso, the documents said.
“Her capture by Mexican authorities shows that not even a beautiful drug trafficker like ‘La Muñeca’ is above the rule of law,” Vigil said.
Via Fox Nexs Latino–Mexican authorities arrested a woman accused of leading a cartel hit squad who is allegedly responsible for much of the violence plaguing the resort area of Baja California.
Melissa Margarita “La China” Calderón Ojeda was arrested over the weekend near the international airport in Cabo San Lucas, attempting to flee for Culiacán, Sinaloa, on Saturday, Televisa reported.
Often portrayed by the Mexican press as a femme very much fatale, Calderón Ojeda is allegedly the head of a team of sicario assasins that recently broke away from the Damaso group, a criminal organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.
The 30-year-old has been held part of a recent wave of violent crime that has plagued the Mexican resort area and is believed by government officials to be responsible for a number of murders and other violent acts stemming from a turf war between rival gangs in La Paz.
Mexico’s Proceso reported that there have been nearly 180 incidents of violence in the Baja California city, including murder and shootings, this year alone. She is believed to have killed at least nine people.
The Damaso cartel group was started by Damaso “El Lic” López Nuñez, a former Mexican official who is believed to have helped Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escape from prison the first time in 2001. According to Breitbart, the group is now led by Nuñez’ son, Damaso “El Mini Lic” López.
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